On 24 December 2014 at 12:16, Alex 'AdUser' Z <ad_user@???> wrote:
> I was late to the main discussion, but i want show you intresting
> thoughts from one of the oldest DD:
> http://blog.liw.fi/posts/debian-developing-it-wrong/
>
> Some items (deb-internals related) very hard to implement without
> partly/complete loss of compatibility.
>
> * smart build tools
> * debian/rules clean
> * ucf -> dpkg
>
> But some of them should be easy to implement, if you will build your own
> infractrusture "from scratch":
>
> * VCS
> * large scale changes (for your own repos)
> * mass building (wanna-build has terrifying install process and total
> lack of documentation, pbuilder is too 'personal' and can't handle repos
> of 'overlay' type without hacks)
>
> Good luck.
>
> -- Alex

Thank you Alex!

This blog post opened my eyes!! Lets make "packaging dumb" and "build
tools smarter"!