[M3devel] Package dependencies.

[Hendrik Boom]

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 08:40:51PM +0000, Jay K wrote:
> 
>  >  And is there also a source package built?
> 
> 
>  No. It would be C code anyway, so not source from most 
> people's point of view.
> 
>  
> > Because the source package is what's needed for uploading to 
> > Debian.
> 
> 
> They wouldn't like it anyway.
>  What do they do with stuff written in Haskell, C#, etc.?
> 

They'd be happy with it provided they have Haskel, C#, etc. 
implementations already in the system.  A Debian package 
can have build-dependencies, which is other packages that 
have to be installed to builld it.  I don't know how this works 
with bootstrapping self-hosting languages.  Maybe it takes 
ad-hockery.  Maybe a new release build-depends on the 
previous one.  Or on anything aat least as up-to-date as 
the previous one.

-- hendrik