Re: Policy Weekly Issue #4/16: New source package format

[Mark Eichin]

I would like to add another benefit of Source-Depends: which I
consider important simply because it would have saved me significant
grief in the past: it lets a package maintainer pass along important
details to whoever manages the package next, so they don't have to
find out by trial and error.  This is specifically a human-to-human
benefit, and as such is distinct from the automatic-build issue.