Bug#911650: [developers-reference] usage of dh_strip conflicts with debhelper documentation

2018-10-22 Thread Joseph Herlant
Hi Tobias! :) On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:43 PM Tobias Frost wrote: > I think that would be great; my (related) merge request > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/developers-reference/merge_requests/7 > misses the information what to do when you mirgrate from manual to > automatic debug packages. > I

Bug#911650: [developers-reference] usage of dh_strip conflicts with debhelper documentation

2018-10-22 Thread Joseph Herlant
Package: developers-reference Version: 3.4.21 Severity: normal Hi, Based on the man page of dh_strip[1], "the `--dbg-package` option is a now special purpose option that you normally do not need" which contradicts with the paragraph 6.7.9. )Best practices for debug packages) of the developers ref

Bug#908291: developers-reference, section 5.11.4: Add a note on versioning scheme when reverting an NMU

2018-09-09 Thread Joseph Herlant
Hi Ian, On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 7:39 AM Ian Jackson wrote: > Maybe adding a link or xref to policy 5.6.12.1 would be helpful. Good point, thanks! I updated the MR to include the reference to the policy. Joseph

Bug#908291: developers-reference, section 5.11.4: Add a note on versioning scheme when reverting an NMU

2018-09-07 Thread Joseph Herlant
Source: developers-reference Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, The Developer's reference explains a lot about NMUs and corresponding version scheme but it does not explain the naming convention to use when you have to revert an NMU that brings a new upstream version. Lintian has a c