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  • Bug#757760: debian-policy: please document build profiles

    From Johannes Schauer@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 31 07:30:02 2018
    XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist

    Hi Javier,

    Quoting Javier Serrano Polo (2018-01-31 00:18:01)
    Where should I report issues about the spec in the meantime?

    build profiles came from the people who try to bootstrap Debian automatically. We don't have a specific list for that task but an IRC channel at #debian-bootstrap on OFTC.

    If you want to write an email, then all of us are also subscribed to [email protected].

    Thanks!

    cheers, josch

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  • From Sean Whitton@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 31 05:00:01 2025
    XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist

    Hello,

    Thank you to all of you for this. I will aim to review it soon.

    --
    Sean Whitton

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  • From Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 30 17:20:01 2025
    XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist

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    Hi Sean and other policy editors,

    it may appear strange to resume a thread that was last discussed seven years ago. Yet, we picked up this matter at the Würzburg sprint and iterated a lot on
    the text already present in the BuildProfileSpec, refining and extending it to hopefully better fit the language and structure of Debian Policy.

    Quoting Johannes Schauer (2014-08-11 09:44:44)
    please document the new Build-Depends syntax and fields for build profiles. The current write-up of the new syntax and fields for build profiles lives at https://wiki.debian.org/BuildProfileSpec

    I am really sorry I failed to follow up back then as I really do agree that having something in policy would help a lot.

    You'll find the result of two days of discussion and iteration among Jochen, Helmut and myself attached.

    Kind regards

    Jochen, Helmut and josch
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    From 6b2479e7ea23fe9fa5e32c2fde49ca3b88a8b51e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
    From: Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <[email protected]>
    Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 23:04:56 +0100
    Subject: [PATCH] document build profiles

    Closes: #757760
    ---
    policy/ch-controlfields.rst | 16 +++++
    policy/ch-relationships.rst | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
    policy/ch-source.rst | 56 +++++++++++++++
    3 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

    diff --git a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
    index 3151816..0736cf7 100644
    --- a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
    +++ b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
    @@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ The fields in the binary package stanzas are:

    - :ref:`Package-Type <s-f-Package-Type>`

    +- :ref:`Build-Profiles <s-f-Build-Profiles>`
    +
    The syntax and semantics of the fields are described below.

    These fields are used by ``dpkg-gencontrol`` to generate control files
    @@ -1243,6 +1245,20 @@ or set it to ``binary-targets`` if it has been requested to test
    whether the package it builds correctly implements the fall-back for
    legacy builders.

    +``Build-Profiles``
    +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    +
    +Specifies the condition for which that binary package does or does not
    +build. To expre