On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 10:11:00AM +0000, Ximin Luo wrote: > It is not strictly necessary, but it allows one to build reproducibly even > when not using dpkg-buildpackage, e.g. when trying to re-run a specific part > of the build via `debian/rules build` or something else. This is helpful to > save time when debugging.
using dpkg-buildpackage is also not mandatory, eg developers could build
with "./debian/rules binary" initially and upload this to the archive…
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cheers,
Holger
(and yes, we need to get rid off developer built uploads, _except_ for
bootstrapping only… amen.)
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