[debhelper-devel] Bug#763766: debhelper: please implement the new build profile syntax

[Johannes Schauer]

Package: debhelper
Version: 9.20140817
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Dear debhelper maintainers,

the syntax for the Build-Profiles field was changed during the bootstrap
sprint in paris [1,2]. I wanted to file my patch for debhelper once dpkg
with the new syntax was released but since that release did not happen
during the past month and at the same time the freeze draws dangerously
close, I decided to file this bug with the patch anyways.

In contrast to apt, it is (as far as I know) not necessary that
debhelper in Jessie understands the syntax though. Only the tools which
are directly invoked by the buildd machinery must be able to understand
build profiles.

Nevertheless, in case you do another release before the freeze, consider
the attached patch. Maybe you want to wait until dpkg implements the new
syntax for better testing [3].

Otherwise, maybe you should remove the existing support for the old
build profile syntax because it is not compatible with what will end up
in dpkg and apt in Jessie.

Thanks a lot and sorry for the confusion and late submission.

cheers, josch

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2014/BootstrapSprint
[2] https://wiki.debian.org/BuildProfileSpec
[3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=760158
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