Re: Backport of debhelper

2008-02-05 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 05:49:19PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > On 11286 March 1977, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > In any event, perhaps the advice you provide in your other mail in > > this thread should be included in the Debian developer reference. > > Want to write the wishlist bugreport?

Re: Backport of debhelper

2008-02-05 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 11286 March 1977, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > In any event, perhaps the advice you provide in your other mail in > this thread should be included in the Debian developer reference. Want to write the wishlist bugreport? -- bye Joerg Debian is about free speech. beer once brewed can no longer

Re: Backport of debhelper

2008-02-05 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
evel to 6. This is quite ok, but I need to maintain my > > package for Etch. I did a quick backport of debhelper from SID on my > > laptop, and it doesn't seems to be causing any trouble. > > Do not follow the advice of that sponsor, look for a different sponsor > instead

debhelper compat levels (was: Backport of debhelper)

2008-02-05 Thread Joerg Jaspert
[forced change to debhelper v6 compat] > Do not follow the advice of that sponsor, look for a different sponsor > instead. Only ever update the debhelper dependency if you really use a > feature of the new version. Now, as this raised some comments on IRC, lets clarify it a bit: - compat mode v

Re: Backport of debhelper

2008-02-05 Thread Joerg Jaspert
ick backport of debhelper from SID on my > laptop, and it doesn't seems to be causing any trouble. Do not follow the advice of that sponsor, look for a different sponsor instead. Only ever update the debhelper dependency if you really use a feature of the new version. -- bye Joerg g