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Re: gnulib and distros
From: |
Sylvain Beucler |
Subject: |
Re: gnulib and distros |
Date: |
Thu, 6 Nov 2008 21:46:45 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
Hi,
On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 10:17:21AM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> [this thread started here:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/15559 ]
>
> Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden> wrote:
> > FYI, Debian apparently does not accept new packages that bundle
> > gnulib, asking to rebootstrap with their packaged copy instead.
> > http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=gnulib
>
> That policy is contrary to the gnulib development model,
> and is almost guaranteed to cause trouble.
> I hope they change it.
Thanks for your comments.
I pointed Kalle/ftpmaster and the Debian gnulib package maintainer to
this thread and the links Bruno mentioned, inviting them to contact
the list.
--
Sylvain