Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: wnpp > Version: unavailable; reported 2003-04-07 > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name : build-common > Version : 0.1 > Upstream Author : Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : > * License : GPL > Description : common build system for Debian packages > > This package contains the Common Debian Build System, an abstract > build system based on Makefile inheritance which is completely > extensible and overridable. In other words, CDBS provides a sane set > of default rules upon which packages can build; any or all rules may > be overridden as needed. > > So, CBS was an experiment, and I learned a lot from it. build-common is > a lot better. It even uses itself to build itself :) Once it's in the > archive I'll write up something about it here.
Err, can we have something a little less namespace polluting than "build-common"? Even "debian-build-common" is pushing it given how it's rather uncommon and (if it's even as successful as DBS, dpatch and cbs combined) likely to remain so for the forseeable future. -- James
