Package: pdbv Severity: normal Followup-For: Bug #212741 [Mathieu Roy] > However, setting the dependancy if debhelper to 4.1.16 is a bit > problematic to me: the package will no longer be installable on Debian > 3.0, which is something that matters to me (since nothing in the > software requires something not shipped in Debian 3.0).
Bzzzt, the patch is about Build-Depends-Indep which does certainly not make this package uninstallable on woody. If you are looking for crazy justifications, you might argue that your package cannot then be easily backported. Oh yes some people need to backport packages they can install, never mind. If you fall under this category, please look at openssh, Colin Watson wrote its debian/rules so that it works with or without po-debconf. And please, read debconf documentation or debconf own templates files to learn how they have to be formatted. When you apply Michel's patch, double-check the new debian/templates file, you as the maintainer know better which fields can be translated and which ones must not change. (e.g. I guess that basic should not be translated) Denis
