also sprach Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> [2010.04.25.2202 +0200]: > It's still the right behaviour for any source package that we distribute > IMO. It should always be possible to modify any file and be able to > rebuild the source package without having an error. > > Thus if I add such an option it would only be accepted in > debian/source/local-options and not in debian/source/options.
Fundamentally, I agree, but this shifts the burden to every team member to maintain local-options. Maybe the option, provided it was set as a package policy, can be ignored for NMUs or or Bin-NMUs? Or maybe dpkg-source can query the user if connected to a tty (defaulting to no)? Or honour it only if a VCS is being used? Or provide a --force-debian-patch switch for normal users, and mention that in the abort notice? -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madd...@d.o> Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems
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