Hi, On 05/11/21 at 21:22 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to propose a MBF with severity:serious for the above issue. > build-arch and build-indep are required targets according to Debian > Policy section 4.9. This rule was introduced in Policy version 3.9.4, > released in 2012. > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#main-building-script-debian-rules > > There are 421 affected packages in unstable (389 in testing as of > 2021-10-01). > The list of affected packages according to lintian is > https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-rules-missing-recommended-target > A dd-list is included below. > > Unfortunately this is only a warning in lintian, which might explain > why so many packages are still affected. > > I have no strong feelings about this requirement, but I see it as a good > opportunity to identify packages whose packaging probably need a > refresh. Therefore it is a good target, especially at the beginning of a > release cycle, to either update old cruft or get it removed from the > next stable release. > > This topic was raised back in April on debian-qa@, and saw no > objection back then. See > https://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2021/04/msg00014.html (the thread > included other topics). > > The bug template I plan to use is included below. > > I would prefer to file bugs directly with severity:serious, but I'm fine > with starting with severity:important and bumping severity after a month > or two if the release team prefers it, of course. > > - Lucas Bugs have been filed: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=missing-build-arch-indep;users=debian-qa@lists.debian.org https://udd.debian.org/bugs/?release=na&merged=ign&fnewerval=7&flastmodval=7&fusertag=only&fusertagtag=missing-build-arch-indep&fusertaguser=debian-qa%40lists.debian.org&allbugs=1&cpopcon=1&cseverity=1&ckeypackage=1&ctags=1&caffected=1&clastupload=1&sortby=id&sorto=asc&format=html#results - Lucas
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