> Benjamin Kerensa <bkere...@gmail.com> writes: > >> gzip lacks Misc Depends despite it using debhelper which might >> be useful to add as a best practice. > > Thanks for trying to help, but this is not a good idea. I guess you > didn't notice that the package delivers explicit overrides for this > lintian check? >
Hi, Just joining from the side-line with a shameless ad. It seems like: > Because gzip is an essential package, any new dependencies would be a > huge big deal (must also be essential, require Pre-Depends handling, > etc). I therefore carefully manage the control file contents, stick to > an older debhelper compat level to aid porting and back porting, and am > careful to only use specific debhelper tools that I understand the > effects of. > > [...] > > Regards, > > Bdale would make a decent basis for a comment for the override. These days Lintian will show the comment associated with the override, so people running "lintian --show-overrides gzip*.dsc" would then be presented with the rationale for the override(s). Just a suggestion that may help others figuring out that the overrides are deliberate and understanding why they are being overridden. ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
