-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 08:19:44PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> Packages.arch.gz isn't normally available for all architectures, and >> pulling it at official-build-time it is illegal. > > Wasn't you arguing about methods to generate debian/control _before_ > official-build-time? I mean parsing the Packages file to generate > debian/control before the real build starts.
Yes and no. I am trying to figure out if it makes sense for xcontrol to support Debtags expansion. If it causes xcontrol to only be usable unofficially (because it violates policy even to _test_ if control file will change), then I am pretty sure Simon will not want to adopt such feature. If, on the other hand, it is possible to only be violent unofficially, I expect Simon to consider adopting this. >> Currently, xcontrol can run at any build-time, and break if control >> changes, to avoid violating policy. > > This is the _current_ status by I wanted to discuss the future as > you proposed. > >> Interesting in general here on the list, but I guess not that relevant >> for xcontrol implemented in C++, with (it seems) its own pkg parser :-) > > Yep. Feel free to provide a C++ implementation for this stuff. > I'd happily adopt this, but I just have no experience in C++. >> [1] I belive the junior:: facet in debtags was actually an >> experiment, and not the proper approach generally for CDDs (to avoid >> polluting the namespace) according to the Debtags maintainers. If I >> got that wrong, I am sure Enrico or others are happy to correct me >> here :-) > > We also have the Biology facet for the very same purpose. There was > some decent DebTagging done by the Debian Med team. The _very_ same purpose? As I understand it, the junior:: facet is explicitly for the purpose of the similarly named CDD, not generally for "related to youngsters". I suspect the "Biology::" facet (rather than a "med::biology" tag), even if in reality matching the packages included in your CDD, principally has a more generic scope. Right? - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH+pXUn7DbMsAkQLgRAhzyAKCfLu5ViFyoKHUOfrLK/qhe8oNikQCfbQ9M 0QKYlPlTlmT++/s6hu6DTcs= =4pf2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
