-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 12:50:27PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> writes: > >> Versioned dependencies are avoided whenever permitted by Debian >> Policy, to ease backporting and to ease use of alternative tools >> providing same interface. > >I understand that argument in general, but that seems to directly >contradict what you're doing with debhelper in particular. Adding the >versioned dependency on debhelper can only help backporting (in >admittedly unusual circumstances), and it makes no difference for >alternative tools. > >If I were you, I'd special-case the debhelper dependency here to always >match the compat level (unless, of course, something is in use that >requires a newer version than the compat level).
I understand you reasoning for backporting, but not for allowing alternate tools. Did you not respond to that part, or do you mean to say that debhelper makes no sense to make room for alternate implementations of? Kind regards, - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJKd0lsAAoJECx8MUbBoAEh4L4QAJKYEVi7bNb3rkIjoY/UWZ6g FCgQkZ/nPQxYOVd+jeEXNEw1RRvBzcOT+4R+ZaoveKrVpVzBRuxOHHZz2ubzS9iE N1yA9gLEb7e4kTvUpFt69s5sOa5HBjA0vmzbkLYaZVyO+VdeiZsOE/afSh+L/AUV kJqbRxHXJDSmYKZLVGO5fAPbDiHZHEbuGqGfgT//TGqRSZqR08IpS/a+LMlALU+T 3VJ33229fLdBVQ2MtJaatfDGopaompsIwv4aUI3maF8VszqpxTrzFKJ2u/1LqXpn bMgd2PsvXS5mIkHi6qdXyJeZtDsIApZqs93zcuWF7qtMP/iOmLyUShrk+qsLTasF 3mWuQEStTOUdC14RtAN4OAIjlOQ/Il8Cy2oI/0t9RBIsQhFVpe+Raova9T1T2s92 KFd8Ewy4tajFgYtZqZHUqTt1mdjB+goHOQEEAbBAv7lePVkGAJ96ZnrT3DRPM9WD lodIpPrR3VOjTMueT4Y6zmH7UhFUu6K/oaZG02D5ew7zNnOhAuoQyYCYzq65y4ZT ucN5XKTDBKXnzpY7zLypUv6hQe6v3yBTVAKIYK9dyWTHQhJebUGT3jNunpR6F79N 5zZSUTa7pA+N63O/LTHSHwYbPk7brziV/ryQs6iBS7bEaHLsCjfAg+ggJiZniKRd G/mVTIqHYoWGgDmQvzZE =fK55 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
