Yaroslav Halchenko <deb...@onerussian.com> writes: > Package: debhelper > Version: 9.20120608 > Severity: wishlist > > At the moment debian/compat allows to specify a single level, which debhelper > takes as the compatibility level and enables(/disables?) some features > accordingly. > > But often dh-based packaging itself is simple/generic enough to work fine even > with previous releases of debhelper still "in production" in Debian stable or > its derivatives (e.g. ubuntu 10.04 LTS carries 7.4.15ubuntu1). This hardcoded > single compat leve unnecessarily complicates backporting requiring to > patch debian/compat and debian/control for versioned build-depends on > debhelper.
Sorry, but this is a terrible idea. This introduces unrelability, as if you'd build a 17-19 package on a system that is not up to date, and has 18, you might get a different (and non-conforming) package, than if you just build-depended on >= 19~. It is easier to backport a recent debhelper to Lucid, really. -- |8], random passer by -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
