On 25 Mar 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > >>>>> "Josip" == Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Josip> BTW I read what is supposed to be Programmmers > Josip> Manual. Unfortunately, this document is way way behind others > Josip> covering the same subject, and Igor Grobman is gone. I feel > Josip> that it would do more good if we removed this document (and put > Josip> it somewhere for archive), and moved Jaldhar Vyas' deb-make > Josip> manual in CVS - since if we are going to recommend using > Josip> deb-make for new maintainers let's do it with right manual (and > Josip> the latter one just needs some polishing to be proper). > > Wuh wuh wuh?? > > We definately are not recommending deb-make for new maintainers. > Despite what Santiago may say, debstd/deb-make is definately > deprecated. Any manuals suggesting deb-make are buggy and should be > fixed or removed, IMHO.
What may I say? Helper packages are optional, not mandatory. Any manuals suggesting *exclusively* the use of any helper package are buggy and should be removed. Thanks. -- "a75a4e6e901fefdeea2e55ded6929624" (a truly random sig)
