[SCM] swami/master: changed debhelper version in dependencies

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:02:41AM +0100, Jaromír Mikeš wrote:
>>Od: Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>
>
>>On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 06:51:53PM +0000, 
>>mira-guest at users.alioth.debian.org wrote:
>>>    changed debhelper version in dependencies
>>[snip]
>>>-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7),
>>>+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
>>
>>Why?
>
>I started use this version because there should be easier backporting.
>It is not needed any more ?

Nice that you added trailing ~ for backporting friendliness.  That was 
not what triggered my question, though.

I do not know which version of debhelper is needed for which reasons 
(especially if you use short-form dh).

Reason I asked is that your commit message described only what you did, 
not hinting at _why_ you did it.  This is not mandatory, but nice.

I would love instead a message like this (note also capitalization):

   Changed debhelper version in dependencies: we use dh_foo (since 
   1.2-3).

I generally favor below style - all on a single line in git commits, and 
then generously (and always before bug-closures) replace dot-space with 
dot-newline-indent when later generating/finalizing changelog entry:

   * ACTION [(CLARIFICATION)][: REASON [(CLARIFICATION)]].
     [BUG-CLOSURES. [THANKS]]

Just a suggestion. :-)


  - Jonas

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