Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes: > tags 540161 wontfix > thanks > > Jari Aalto <jari.aa...@cante.net> writes: > >> Please add (informational?) check for, not up to date with, latest >> version of debhelper. There are two places to check: >> >> debian/control::Build-depends >> debian/compat >> >> And example (should be 7, at time of writing): >> >> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), autotools-dev, pkg-config, >> libgtk2.0-dev, libxml2-dev >> >> An example of content of file debian/compat: >> >> 5 > > This makes backports to oldstable pointlessly hard when the maintainer > isn't using any of the newer features of the latest debhelper. I have > multiple packages that are staying at a compat level of 5 for backporting > reasons. compat level 5 is still fully supported.
Could you consider introducing new "N:" category for "Notes". In this case Lintian could inform: N: new-debhelper-availabel (7; package uses 5) Jari -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
