Hi folks--
I've proposed the following edit to the backports website here:
https://salsa.debian.org/backports-team/backports-website/merge_requests/4
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diff --git a/Contribute.mdwn b/Contribute.mdwn
index bff037e..a59924d 100644
--- a/Contribute.mdwn
+++ b/Contribute.mdwn
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ stretch-backports-sloppy as the target distribution.
this is **not required**.
* Do not lower the standards version, it is just useless.
* Do not add lintian overrides to suppress the 'wrong-distribution' warnings.
+* Build-Depends: on other backports only when they are common baseline
+ build dependencies (e.g. backported versions of debhelper are OK),
+ or when specifically required by the package being backported.
##Security Uploads
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I think this describes current practice, but i'm realizing that i can't
find it clearly documented anywhere, so i thought we might want to write
it down.
Whether you think that's wrong or right, i'd appreciate feedback!
all the best,
--dkg
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