Re: versioned Build-Depends on debhelper

2008-07-31 Thread Russ Allbery
Romain Beauxis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, while I wouldn't ask to remove a versioned build-dep, you could > also argue with your reasoning that all build-dep should be versioned.. > > I think a relatively safe requirement is to version if it needs more > than the current stable (or perhap

Re: versioned Build-Depends on debhelper

2008-07-31 Thread Marc Haber
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

Re: versioned Build-Depends on debhelper

2008-07-31 Thread Romain Beauxis
Le Wednesday 30 July 2008 23:57:44 Marc Haber, vous avez écrit : > 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

Re: versioned Build-Depends on debhelper

2008-07-31 Thread Stanislav Maslovski
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 ag

Re: versioned Build-Depends on debhelper

2008-07-30 Thread Marc Haber
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 havi

Re: versioned Build-Depends on debhelper

2008-07-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Stanislav Maslovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My sponsor asked me to delete versioned build dependency on debhelper. I think this is bad advice. > I had it in the form "debhelper (>= 5)" and changed it to just > "debhelper". I am wondering if this is right. > > In debian/compat I put "5". I

Re: versioned Build-Depends on debhelper

2008-07-30 Thread Stanislav Maslovski
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 08:30:15PM +0200, Romain Beauxis wrote: > Le Wednesday 30 July 2008 20:22:18 Stanislav Maslovski, vous avez écrit : > > Hello again, > > Hi ! > > > My sponsor asked me to delete versioned build dependency on > > debhelper. I had it in the form "debhelper (>= 5)" and

Re: versioned Build-Depends on debhelper

2008-07-30 Thread Romain Beauxis
Le Wednesday 30 July 2008 20:22:18 Stanislav Maslovski, vous avez écrit : > Hello again, Hi ! > My sponsor asked me to delete versioned build dependency on > debhelper. I had it in the form "debhelper (>= 5)" and changed > it to just "debhelper". I am wondering if this is right. > > In de