[Pkg-octave-devel] Filing ITPs for the octave-forge pkgs

Thomas Weber thomas.weber.mail at gmail.com
Thu Feb 28 11:16:56 UTC 2008


Am Donnerstag, den 28.02.2008, 11:44 +0100 schrieb Rafael Laboissiere:
> * Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail at gmail.com> [2008-02-28 11:23]:
> 
> > Generally yes, although I have some doubts regarding CDBS for the -forge
> > packages.
> 
> Could you please tell me which are your doubts?

I think CDBS-using packages should have short (only a few lines)
debian/rules files. Otherwise, the advantage of CDBS is completely lost:
debian/rules is not simple anymory *and* difficult to understand: why
exactly is hook XYZ needed and what does it do ...


> > I also think we should check the description template with
> > debian-l10n-english. If there are no objections, I'll take that part.
> 
> Which description template are you referring to?

itp.tmpl

	Thomas




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