On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 13:18, Mark Howard wrote: > Note: This is not for inclusion in the main Debian repository, nor are > any dev-gnome packages. This is not being sent to the bts. > > * Package name : dev-common > Upstream Author : Mark Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (and others?) > * License : GPL > Description : cvs/svn snapshot package building aid > > An abstract build system based on Makefile inheritance, inspired by > cdbs, with as much automation as possible.
Do we really need two build systems like this? Can't you merge with cdbs? I would be very happy to work with you on this. > The reason for building this package is to make it possible to easily > create a large number of cvs snapshot packages, hopefully all of gnome. > Garnome is just too slow to set up for my liking :) That's reasonable. > Features: > * source packages consist of cvs/svn checkout and a debian directory > containing a rules file, possibly with only a single line to > include the dev-common makefile. > * Update target determines upstrem repository details from e.g. CVS > directory, updates the source and creates a new upstream tarball > * configure/build targets determine requirements from source and > pulls in the appropriate cdbs rules. This sounds ok, but why not just make it a regular cdbs rule file? I don't see the need for another whole separate package. We could call it /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/autosnapshot.mk or something. > * control file generator generates a control file from source files. Yeah, we need this in cdbs too.
