Hello, On Thu 09 Sep 2021 at 09:15PM +02, Ansgar wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-09-09 at 17:39 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: >> >> ftp team: is this correct? > > Yes. Indeed. > But source packages in main must also produce at least one binary > package in main[1]. Let's include that point in Policy. > [1]: Probably with the default build profile if we care about corner > cases. Are we sure about this? Is this a bug in current dak or a general problem with the semantics we're discussing? > I personally would prefer if we would avoid using this feature too much > if possible. It is simpler to understand when archive areas are self- > contained (IMHO). Outside Debian archive areas are used differently, > e.g., for different "branches" or similar; sources building binary > packages across multiple archive areas also find strange corner cases > now and then that are not handled correctly. It would be good if we included in Policy the idea that for technical reasons, it is best to use separate source packages (only) when that is not otherwise too inconvenient. I am not sure we have a consensus on avoiding using this feature for the sake of simplicity of understanding, so let's exclude that idea for now. -- Sean Whitton
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