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Re: Regarding: Debian: packaging updates.

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SRSimon Richter <sjr@debian.org>
Date
Nov 8, 2005, 18:31 UTC
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Hi,
Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> I notice that there are files like "git-core.files". Wouldn't it be better 
> to generate them from the Makefile? The same mechanism could then be used 
> to make RPMs from the same Makefile.

I'm currently in the process of working my way through the current packaging, and there is quite a lot I am going to simplify. As the Debian build scripts do not expect this file to be autogenerated, I think it would be counterproductive to do so; it can seriously affect reproducability of builds.

(actually, I would like to ask not to fix things in the Debian packaging that aren't broken, as providing an upgrade path for earlier versions will be a lot less painful then)

    Simon
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  4. Simon RichterNov 8, 2005
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