On 09/13/2015 08:29 PM, Niels Thykier wrote: > On 2015-09-13 11:04, Niels Thykier wrote: >> Hi, >> >> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY >> ================= >> >> I am planning to remove the following features/commands in debhelper in >> the near future: >> >> * compat level 1,2 and 3. >> * dh_scrollkeeper >> >> All of the listed commands do nothing except a deprecation warning. >> Please see "BACKGROUND AND NUMBERS" for more information. You may also >> want to have a look at "FUTURE REMOVALS". >> >> [...] > > Jakub Wilk mentioned on IRC that my dd-list did not include some > packages using "DH_COMPAT=X dh_foo" (with X < 5). Thanks to codesearch > I have narrowed these down to 11 packages and have compiled an amended > dd-list. > > There seems to be two uses of this pattern: > > * DH_COMPAT=2 dh_movefiles (seen in gcc-5, python2.7 etc.) > > My immediate assumption is that they were used to upgrade that > particular tool to a (at that time) higher debhelper compat. This is > based on: > > * dh_movefiles does not have any newer features in any compat levels. > Though it does have a error case in compat 1 that did not occur in > compat 2 or higher.
still using the globbing feature for command line arguments in DH_COMPAT=2 mode. Was this re-added in higher levels again? Matthias
