Josh Triplett: > On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 06:41:00AM +0000, Niels Thykier wrote: >> Josh Triplett: >>> Package: debhelper >>> Version: 11.4 >>> Severity: normal >>> >>> debhelper provides debhelper-compat 9, 10, and 11, but not 12. So, >>> packages that want to try out the new compat level 12 currently have to >>> go back to using debian/compat. Could you please provide >>> debhelper-compat 12? >>> >>> If there's some reason not to do this, could you please document that >>> reason (and the recommended alternative for packages using that compat >>> level) alongside the documentation for debhelper-compat itself? >>> >>> (Speaking of which, it appears that debhelper(7) doesn't yet document >>> debhelper-compat Build-Depends.) >>> >>> [...] >>> >> >> Hi, >> >> I have not added compat 12 to the provides because it is not final yet. >> If I add it now and later need to revise it before the release of compat >> 12, then packages do not know if they get the beta version of compat 12 >> or the final version. > > Fair enough. In that case, I'll add a note to that effect to the > documentation for debhelper-compat. >
Excellent; I have merged that now. :) Thanks for the MRs and for improving the debhelper documentation! :) ~Niels
