On Tue, 11 May 2010, Joey Hess wrote: > OTOH, putting a wrapper about dpkg-deb will affect 100% of packages. And > all your examples seem amenable to being run at dpkg-deb --build time. > I'm not sure if data gathering and binary package tree tweaks are all > the use cases that make sense, or just happen to be the sort you thought > up. > > Of course, dh_builddeb *is* a wrapper around dpkg-deb that 99% of > packages use. So maybe the hook would best go there. Or maybe it would > make sense to build it directly into dpkg-builddeb?
When I submitted this bug, I have recorded a similar wishlist against dpkg itself (#570934). So I believe both to be useful. Of course, the dh approach works only for packages using dh/debhelper 7. The first two examples come from discussions I had with people involved in Maemo when Meego started. In the context of Meego, the packaging could be relatively uniform and standardized around dh 7 and that sort of freedom would be welcome. Note that this feature can also be useful when developing a new addon and when you want to validate that it doesn't break packages by asking lucas to do a mass rebuild. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Like what I do? Sponsor me: http://ouaza.com/wp/2010/01/05/5-years-of-freexian/ My Debian goals: http://ouaza.com/wp/2010/01/09/debian-related-goals-for-2010/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
