[debhelper-devel] [debhelper] 01/01: Deprecate compat levels before 9

[Niels Thykier]

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commit 6812ef24ea66b7b9ab945efcd3bd161068151e17
Author: Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>
Date:   Sun Oct 2 12:34:24 2016 +0000

    Deprecate compat levels before 9
    
    Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>
---
 Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm    | 2 +-
 debhelper-obsolete-compat.pod | 4 ++++
 debhelper.pod                 | 8 ++++++++
 debian/changelog              | 1 +
 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm b/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm
index ff7367b..276686b 100644
--- a/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm
+++ b/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use constant {
 	'MIN_COMPAT_LEVEL' => 5,
 	# Lowest compat level that does *not* cause deprecation
 	# warnings
-	'LOWEST_NON_DEPRECATED_COMPAT_LEVEL' => 5,
+	'LOWEST_NON_DEPRECATED_COMPAT_LEVEL' => 9,
 	# Highest "open-beta" compat level.  Remember to notify
 	# debian-devel at l.d.o before bumping this.
 	'BETA_TESTER_COMPAT' => 10,
diff --git a/debhelper-obsolete-compat.pod b/debhelper-obsolete-compat.pod
index 1d9f349..4c98ac3 100644
--- a/debhelper-obsolete-compat.pod
+++ b/debhelper-obsolete-compat.pod
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Every file in F<etc/> is automatically flagged as a conffile by B<dh_installdeb>
 
 =back
 
+This mode is deprecated.
+
 =item v4
 
 Changes from v3 are:
@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@ B<dh_link> will correct existing links to conform with policy.
 
 =back
 
+This mode is deprecated.
+
 =item v5
 
 This is the lowest supported compatibility level.
diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod
index b27bd64..bfc5e19 100644
--- a/debhelper.pod
+++ b/debhelper.pod
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ This is the lowest supported compatibility level.
 If you are upgrading from an earlier compatibility level, please
 review L<debhelper-obsolete-compat(7)>.
 
+This mode is deprecated.
+
 =item v6
 
 Changes from v5 are:
@@ -335,6 +337,8 @@ directory. In previous compatibility levels it silently refuses to do this.
 
 =back
 
+This mode is deprecated.
+
 =item v7
 
 Changes from v6 are:
@@ -363,6 +367,8 @@ none is specified.
 
 =back
 
+This mode is deprecated.
+
 =item v8
 
 Changes from v7 are:
@@ -392,6 +398,8 @@ B<dh_auto_>I<*> prefer to use Perl's B<Module::Build> in preference to F<Makefil
 
 =back
 
+This mode is deprecated.
+
 =item v9
 
 Changes from v8 are:
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c007fb6..d6f8a29 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ debhelper (10.2.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix typo in changelog entry for release 10.2.  Thanks to
     Peter Pentchev for reporting it.
+  * Deprecate all compat levels lower than 9.
 
  -- Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>  Sun, 02 Oct 2016 09:52:08 +0000
 

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