On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:05:21PM +0400, Stanislav Maslovski wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:57:44PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:14:53PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > Stanislav Maslovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > My sponsor asked me to delete versioned build dependency on debhelper. > > > > > > I think this is bad advice. > > > > I agree. There are people building Debian packages on older releases, > > and having a package fail because a known versioned dependency had its > > version removed it a disservice to those people. > > That was my concern also. However, Romain pointed out that Etch > (which will soon become oldstable) has debhelper of ver. > 5 so there > should not be problems with backporting to it.
There have been Debian releases before etch. Which is the reason why I wrote "older releases" instead of etch. > > I might be missing arguments for removing the version, but I have only > > been a DD for like seven years. > > Marc, Russ, thank you for your answers. Unfortunately, the package has been > already sponsored and uploaded to NEW. I think that at this stage this change > should be harmless. I will return the versioned dependency back when > preparing the next modification of the package. And please deliver a cluebat to your sponsor and ask him to give better advice to newbies in the future. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
