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Packaging and making build scripts is perhaps one of the most unrewarding tasks out there. As an open source project where most work is done for free, debian
by londons_explore 2y ago
Packaging and making build scripts is perhaps one of the most unrewarding tasks out there. As an open source project where most work is done for free, debian can't afford to be prescriptive about what languages are used for this sort of task.
- account42 2y agoActually it can and it is. Build system dependencies, especially ones that apply to all packages, are something that concerns the distribution as a whole and not something where each developer can just add their favorite one.