D, Dub and distributions

[Russel Winder]

On Mon, 2014-03-03 at 14:35 +0000, Russel Winder wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-03-03 at 13:16 +0000, Francesco Cattoglio wrote:
> > On Sunday, 2 March 2014 at 18:55:46 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> > > Waf is packaged by Fedora but not Debian.
> > 
> > On a completely unrelated side note: Waf is NOT supposed to be 
> > packaged at all. Being distributed along with the sources is part 
> > of the design.
> 
> That is indeed one mode of use, but not the only one.
[…]

But remember Debian consider having Waf as part of the project rather
than a central resource as a problem rather than a benefit. For
individuals downloading and building, Waf is good as it is carried with
the project. For Debian packagers, they want something system-wide. This
policy causes untold pain for JVM-based systems. Sometimes Debian can be
a real pain. Fedora is not actually that much better.

https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide

https://wiki.debian.org/UnpackWaf

https://wiki.debian.org/IntroDebianPackaging

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