Sean Whitton:
Hello,
On Tue 13 Aug 2024 at 09:36pm +02, Niels Thykier wrote:
Can we have a trivial editorial change to the Rules-Requires-Root paragraph
saying that default depends on the `dpkg-build-api` used?
Bringing it up, because we are seeing a recommendation for people to add a
`Rules-Requires-Root: no` even though it is the default and redundant because
"policy and lintian said so".
That's not good. Let's fix this.
It's not quite trivial, because I think we need to say what a
dpkg-build-api is, somewhere, and how it's selected.
A patch would be welcome and it would still be an informative/editorial
change that I could just upload, I think.
How about adding
"""
The default for Rules-Requires-Root depends on the dpkg-build-api level
(the dpkg-build-api is defined in "man 7 dpkg-build-api"). At level 0
(or when not declared), Rules-Requires-Root defaults to binary-targets.
In later versions, it defaults to no.
"""
in 5.6.31 and then removing the `(default)` next `binary-targets` in 5.6.31?
I think that would do wonders.
Best regards,
Niels
