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FROM/MX_MATCHES_HELO(DOMAIN)=-2 , rate: -7 Received: from smtp2.stanford.edu (smtp2.Stanford.EDU [171.67.20.25]) by liszt.debian.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3D7413A61DA for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:14:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp2.stanford.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 45ECA659BC6 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:14:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from windlord.stanford.edu (windlord.Stanford.EDU [171.64.19.147]) by smtp2.stanford.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1648665A595 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:14:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by windlord.stanford.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B8493E78DA; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:14:53 -0700 (PDT) To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: versioned Build-Depends on debhelper In-Reply-To: <20080730182218.GA23851@shota.mine.nu> (Stanislav Maslovski's message of "Wed\, 30 Jul 2008 22\:22\:18 +0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) References: <20080730182218.GA23851@shota.mine.nu> From: Russ Allbery Organization: The Eyrie Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:14:53 -0700 Message-ID: <87ej5bgjle.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.93.3, clamav-milter version 0.93.3 on mailserv4.its.unb.ca X-Virus-Scanned: at lists.debian.org with policy bank en-lt X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-4 tagged_above=3.6 required=5.3 tests=[GMAIL=1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] X-Rc-Virus: 2007-09-13_01 X-Rc-Spam: 2007-10-04_01 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-From: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/42402 X-Loop: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Precedence: list Resent-Sender: debian-mentors-request@lists.debian.org Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:15:14 +0000 (UTC) X-PMX-Version: 5.4.2.338381, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.0.325393, Antispam-Data: 2008.7.30.210116 X-PerlMx-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='BODY_SIZE_1000_1099 0, BODY_SIZE_5000_LESS 0, __BOUNCE_CHALLENGE_SUBJ 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __FRAUD_419_BODY_WEBMAIL 0, __FRAUD_419_WEBMAIL 0, __HAS_LIST_HEADER 0, __HAS_LIST_HELP 0, __HAS_LIST_SUBSCRIBE 0, __HAS_LIST_UNSUBSCRIBE 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Sender-Verified: bounce-debian-mentors=bremner=unb.ca@lists.debian.org Stanislav Maslovski 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". It is considered best practice to always depend on the minimum version of debhelper corresponding to the compat level that you're using. It's not strictly necessary to version the debhelper dependency if your compat level is old enough that it's supported by any debhelper that a building host is likely to be able to install (in practice, old enough that it's supported in stable), but there's really no reason not to use the more accurate and informative dependency. -- Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org