[Pkg-shadow-devel] build system and debian/rules discussion

[Christian Perrier]

> After reading a few of the latest posts on Planet Debian, I'm not sure
> that migrating shadow to cdbs would actually be a good idea at this
> point in time. No, I don't feel like I've wasted my time; it was in fact
> an excellent experience for me. However, while using the system
> certainly simplifies things for those who know it, it obviously
> complicates things for others. Plus, with the research that madduck is
> going to be doing, putting effort into migrating to something ill-liked
> for the sake of convenience seems like a Bad Idea.

I haven't read these discussions or blogs but I trust you here if you
mention yoou think we shouldn't change things now.

> At any rate, I'm not doing anything for a couple of weeks due to lack of
> time. I'd just like to discuss options, especially as I'm a little
> behind on recent changes since 4.0.12 hit unstable.


Yep. I thought about it while doing a last look over patches yesterday
and I remember saying to myself "hey, Christine's patch may need
updates because of recent changes due to some new bugs closed".

I agree with the move to better debhelper use (especially dh_install).


We still have to keep the goal of simplifications of the build
system...(oh, crap, I'm sure this sentence is awful
English...Christine, correct me in private...)