Control: tags -1 pending On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:35:06 +0200 ni...@thykier.net wrote: > The package wmpinboard is using a debhelper compat level of 3 or less > according to lintian. These compat levels have been deprecated for > the past ~10 years and debhelper will remove support for them in the near > future (as declared in [1]). > > * Please migrate the package to a supported debhelper compat level. > - Compat 9 is recommended > - Compat 5 is the bare minimum (compat 4 will be removed soon as > well) > > * If your package uses any of the following tools, please remove them > from the rules files. Neither of them does anything except warn > about their deprecation. > - dh_desktop > - dh_scrollkeeper (deadline: January 1st 2016) > - dh_suidregister > - dh_undocumented > > * Please note that your package might have been flagged for using > e.g. "DH_COMPAT=2 dh_foo ...". > - This will still cause issues when the compat level is removed. > > * If the package has been relying on dh_install being lenient about > missing files, please see "MIGRATING TO COMPAT 5 OR LATER" in [1]. > > * Deadline: > - compat 1+2: November 1st 2015 > - compat 3: January 1st 2016 > > If you are using other deprecated debhelper features (such as omitting > the debian/compat file), please consider fixing those while you are at > it. > > Thanks, > ~Niels > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00257.html
After receiving permission from the previous maintainer, I will be adopting wmpinboard as a member of the Debian Window Maker Team. A new version of the package (1.0.1-1) using debhelper 9 is currently on mentors waiting for review from my sponsor.
