what compat level for debhelper in jaunty?

Robert Collins robertc at robertcollins.net
Tue Dec 16 10:35:22 GMT 2008


On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 02:40 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:52:38 +1100 Robert Collins 
> <robert.collins at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >So debhelper recommends compat level 7; should we be using that in all
> >new packages in Jaunty? And should we migrate existing packages to
> >compat level 7 when we touch them for some other reason?
> 
> No.
> 
> Compat should be the major version number of Debhelper the package requires 
> based on its use of Debhelper features.  Compat 7 is only appropriate if 
> Debhelper 7 features are used.

man debhelper recommends compat 7; is there some reason not to follow th
recommendation?

-Rob
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