On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:35 PM, Jeff Epler <jep...@unpythonic.net> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 07:06:53AM +1000, Riley Baird wrote: >> What if that website goes down one day? > > Hmm. I thought a Debian package should not require an internet > connection to be built from source, but in quickly scanning the debian > policy manual and the debian new maintainers guide I didn't see this > rule mentioned specifically. > > Is this a rule or just a very strong preference?
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-main policy section 2.2.1 "packages in main must not require or recommend a package outside of main for compilation or execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Pre-Depends", "Depends", "Recommends", "Build-Depends", or "Build-Depends-Indep" relationship on a non-main package)," this also includes resources over the internet. also when building a package you should not expect a working connection on the buildd (and some debian buildds build without connection, indeed, i was bite by that once) -- regards, Mattia Rizzolo GPG Key: 4096R/B9444540 http://goo.gl/I8TMB more about me: http://mapreri.org Launchpad User: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri Ubuntu Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MattiaRizzolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cahkymevp8u7vr8coujn5qtvvjrbq8km-kbz7+2t5yf5q4rb...@mail.gmail.com
