On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 04:51:44PM +0200, Bastian Germann wrote:
> Am 16.08.23 um 16:40 schrieb Mark Brown:
> > On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 04:33:40PM +0200, Bastian Germann wrote:

> > > If you do not want to move to format 3.0, please at least specify 1.0 
> > > format
> > > so that dpkg-source can move to default 3.0 format.

> > If you're forcing people to specify the format why does the default
> > matter?

> I am not forcing anybody. Think about this: If every implicit 1.0 package
> that has upstream changes on its program makes the version explicit, every
> implicitly 1.0 packages that does not have an upstream diff can still be
> built with 3.0 semantics.

> The total 1.0 packages are ~450 but if ~140 of them added a
> debian/source/format with 1.0, the defaut could be moved.

Would it not be more sensible to just require that the format always be
specified?  If the format isn't changed again it makes no difference, if
the format is changed then we would just be in the same position over
again.

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