Ian Jackson writes ("Re: proposed MBF: packages still using source format 1.0"):
> But I see now that the MBF has gone ahead anyway.
>
> I spent some time trying to help by setting out the factual
> background, but it seems that Debian is not interested in facts. I
> don't know why I bother.
For example, consider a package maintained by a sponsee of mine:
Debian is not upstream, so it has a Debian revision. The package is
maintained in git, and the source package is very small and it is not
uploaded frequently. So we use a native source format. This means
that we must use format 1.0 because dpkg hates 3.0 native with debian
revision.
My sponsee has responded to this but report by adding a
debian/source/format to their package and asking me to upload. Of
course, I cannot do so. I must instead ask my sponsee t revert the
change.
Ian.
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