[debhelper-devel] Bug#884999: debhelper: Please default Rules-Require-Root to no

[Jeremy Bicha]

Source: debhelper
Version: 11
X-Debbugs-CC: kilobyte at angband.pl, bunk at debian.org

Since my understanding is that the vast majority of Debian packages
should not require root to build, I am hesitant to add the boilerplate
"Rules-Require-Root: no" to all of my packages.

Could we please have "Rules-Require-Root: no" be set by default in a
future debhelper compat level?

See the discussion in this thread:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/11/msg00015.html

Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha