Path: csiph.com!pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!srl.newsdeef.eu!news.corradoroberto.it!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Sean Whitton Newsgroups: linux.debian.bugs.dist,linux.debian.policy Subject: Bug#757760: debian-policy: please document build profiles Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:30:02 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-bugs-dist-request@lists.debian.org Thu Mar 26 13:23:11 2026 Old-Return-Path: X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.45 Reply-To: Sean Whitton , 757760@bugs.debian.org Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-Cc: debian-policy@lists.debian.org X-Debian-Pr-Message: followup 757760 X-Debian-Pr-Package: debian-policy X-Debian-Pr-Source: debian-policy Feedback-ID: 20115:3760:null:purelymail X-Pm-Original-To: 757760@bugs.debian.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Debian-Message: from BTS X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1960780 List-ID: List-URL: Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 63 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: 757760@bugs.debian.org, Jochen Sprickerhof , nattie@debian.org, cjwatson@debian.org X-Original-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:20:38 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <87ldfe682h.fsf@melete.silentflame.com> X-Original-References: <20140811074444.27766.34818.reportbug@hoothoot> <20140811074444.27766.34818.reportbug@hoothoot> <174334745682.4418.6255394162994663747@localhost> <87ecw34vow.fsf@zephyr.silentflame.com> <20251116170831.GA860833@subdivi.de> <176336764908.11261.10658667867382654789@localhost> <20140811074444.27766.34818.reportbug@hoothoot> <20251117103952.GA984707@subdivi.de> <877brz2rhp.fsf@melete.silentflame.com> <20140811074444.27766.34818.reportbug@hoothoot> <177451145995.3821.10097538203567072870@localhost> <20140811074444.27766.34818.reportbug@hoothoot> <177451145995.3821.10097538203567072870@localhost> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.bugs.dist:1287428 linux.debian.policy:9289 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues [26/Mar 8:50am +01] wr= ote: > Hi Sean, > > sorry I think I left you hanging on this one. XD > >> Seconded, but: >> >> - I wonder what you think about upgrading "If tests happen to be >> installed into a binary package, consider supporting the >> ``noinsttest`` build profile." to Policy advice by saying that it is >> *recommended* to do this? That would be a normative change. > > Fine with me. > >> - When you say "the following build profiles has been standardized" I >> will change that to "the following build profiles are standard" to >> make it clear we're standardising them by putting them in Policy, not >> that they are standardised elsewhere. > > Thank you! > >> - I think I wrote a couple of paragraphs so perhaps I could be >> Co-authored-by too? :) > > Please go ahead. Thank you for your valuable input! > >> - I will do some other minor wording fixes after committing the change. > > Thank you! Thanks. I think this means we need one more seconder of the combination of your patch plus these changes. It might be helpful if you were to reroll your patch to include these changes. =2D-=20 Sean Whitton --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJNBAEBCgA3FiEEm5FwB64DDjbk/CSLaVt65L8GYkAFAmnFMqYZHHNwd2hpdHRv bkBzcHdoaXR0b24ubmFtZQAKCRBpW3rkvwZiQPD/D/91Y6hRwsIpEQD22pPw/+77 9HQrK6AMYqN3NGWWPLiUx5/ym4Z8QtSdxq/M/Rt1EbbPHUzr0zLZPFJePI4gqhXk Jf2XlbSv7OiksONK8xaoITR/JUOjqtciyvIL/+y9KpixXnvvzn2t2C0GHYcDDQ4i aid13P7ybraudbX9jWw2yeQJtzIs1ZvVUcd1tEqmOghKIqs3LYp2VLxUvzrASFAk RCRsi9YEDGV/FzP7C+c/Q4XatTkPTcAVVTk2n4eQebKaMdz1mBpG75lgDkqs9kbg FeT8HYtbS1zb0SrSLuZCFazCPxNtuX19TwYmQDQMC2IwAotIC2PQnPFX+n/SmxLT GSkqMaE0lnrIT0mpmmWtGqAbjxvfwePLdIqvFcfEtQirbKBf3zdMECajlw5Ofk1b SXZ31CCV68sim1S8dVzAJZe9bWZj807xfsix7x+wVBnuV0N9ZYMi+AlKa4CMn8Lm Ppuqu7FjgjdKUQy01a9z+Il277jdm5fo2wUEVq3CoMpp7WUiLXU0BFOYdZkMo8iu UgxNPKkBDe7E5lq3TO4URdiFrJGiYqHgy4w6uyXtJo/ytkiuAu3IGybtO4qbnkLW ssPWInMMEydbF75gAi55zVN8SSJteUMMnY10ojxZihw8LDoJtyqS6uXcz6/ymJ+P DndwA4V+7PzHB6rFpsWamA== =3gPK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--