On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Kilian Krause <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1. Using dh-autoreconf is ugly. Please try to avoid it and backport the > full regenerated configure in your patch to make sure the source is > identical on all buildds. IMHO dh-autoreconf is a solution for a local > build that you maintain for yourself outside of Debian, but not for an > official pacakge. What do you base this statement on? IMO being able to modify and rebuild the build system on Debian is just as essential to our users as being able to modify and rebuild the programs and documentation etc. Using dh-autoreconf helps ensure that we learn about failures early, especially since some Debian QA folks do periodic archive-wide rebuilds and report FTBFS bugs. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6GugzvXB_APfswOqA-S=5N=byrbigdtgjy-5jevke1...@mail.gmail.com
