On Mon, 2014-03-03 at 14:35 +0000, Russel Winder wrote: > On Mon, 2014-03-03 at 13:16 +0000, Francesco Cattoglio wrote: > > On Sunday, 2 March 2014 at 18:55:46 UTC, Russel Winder wrote: > > > Waf is packaged by Fedora but not Debian. > > > > On a completely unrelated side note: Waf is NOT supposed to be > > packaged at all. Being distributed along with the sources is part > > of the design. > > That is indeed one mode of use, but not the only one. […]
But remember Debian consider having Waf as part of the project rather than a central resource as a problem rather than a benefit. For individuals downloading and building, Waf is good as it is carried with the project. For Debian packagers, they want something system-wide. This policy causes untold pain for JVM-based systems. Sometimes Debian can be a real pain. Fedora is not actually that much better. https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide https://wiki.debian.org/UnpackWaf https://wiki.debian.org/IntroDebianPackaging -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
