sbuild (0.60.4-1) unstable; urgency=low sbuild provides two build dependency resolvers, 'internal', which is the default, and currently used by the build dæmons, and 'aptitude' which uses aptitude. The 'aptitude' resolver has been available for nearly a year, and is believed to be ready for everyday use, having a number of advantages over the old 'internal' resolver. We are soliciting feedback from users prior to making 'aptitude' the default. To enable it, set "$build_dep_resolver='aptitude';" in your configuration. Please report any discrepancies in its behaviour compared with the 'internal' resolver. It is hoped that once it has been shown to work reliably and correctly, it will become the default resolver used on the buildd network; it is already in use on buildds autobuilding experimental. The older 'internal' resolver is still used by the buildds, so packages intended for upload should use "$build_dep_resolver='internal';" to build using exactly the same dependencies that should be used by the buildds. -- Roger Leigh Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:32:18 +0000