On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 04:31:49PM +0200, Arno Töll wrote:
> On 08.07.2011 15:56, Wolodja Wentland wrote:
> > I can understand how this applies to older packages that have been created
> > in
> > the past and just don't use some of the new functionality, but I guess that
> > the points are valid for completely new packages.
>
> This is because I still think its wrong to introduce _new_ packages with
> older compatibility levels or older, but still policy compliant
> practices. This is why I regularly point this out when I encounter such
> packages and my sponsors did the very same with my packages.
If you don't make use of newest shiniest features, higher debhelper levels
just make backporting harder for no gain.
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