[SCM] hydrogen/master: Revert to debhelper compatibility level 9: No concrete need, and may complicate backortability.

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting James Cowgill (2017-07-19 10:56:03)
> On 19/07/17 09:42, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > Quoting James Cowgill (2017-07-19 10:08:11)
> >> On 19/07/17 08:01, js at users.alioth.debian.org wrote:
> >>> The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
> >>> commit 9b06c83ac15dd64d9346a30c87b303b002e8efa3
> >>> Author: Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>
> >>> Date:   Wed Jul 19 08:58:20 2017 +0200
> >>>
> >>>     Revert to debhelper compatibility level 9: No concrete need, and may complicate backortability.
> >>>     
> >>>     This reverts commit a85a269a206db56fd6b023563463f85fdbae0a6b.
> >>>
> >> [...]> --- a/debian/control
> >>> +++ b/debian/control
> >>> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Uploaders:
> >>>  Build-Depends:
> >>>   cdbs,
> >>>   licensecheck,
> >>> - debhelper (>= 10~),
> >>> + debhelper,
> >>
> >> You mean debhelper (>= 9) ?
> > 
> > No: Debhelper 9 is availiable even in oldstable so need not be declared 
> > versioned (despite what debhelper/lintian developers might want to make 
> > you thing).
> 
> I don't think that's a good reason for actively NOT versioning something
> when the right version is clearly known.

We disagree, then.

 - Jonas

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