Re: Forwarded: RFC: New source packaging format
Without arguing any more, I think it's fair to say that I'd want to
look really hard at some alternatives before the project chooses a
source package format. I'd be listening to Ian Jackson's opinion,
since Ian is the author of dpkg and now has time for the project again.
I'd give a lot of weight to Klee's opinion too, especially since Klee has
been working on this problem for a while and has his own design to talk
about.
My personal opinion is that we need something that builds on the work
that has already gone into dpkg-source. Build a single file containing
all of the separate files of the dpkg-source packages. Make it unnecessary
to rename the original source file. Add to that binary dependencies. You'd
have all I think is necessary.
Thanks
Bruce
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