Re: [pkg-go] Bug#904261: dh-golang: Don't install files listed in DH_GOLANG_EXCLUDES to dev pacakge

[Clément Hermann <nodens@nodens.org>]

On 16/08/2018 17:37, Clément Hermann wrote:
> On 16/08/2018 17:13, Clément Hermann wrote:
>> On 16/08/2018 16:26, Martín Ferrari wrote:
> 
>>> We could also change the default in the next debhelper compat mode;
>>> dunno how this is normally handled, but it would be good to coordinate
>>> so this change is documented.. In that case it might be even be sensible
>>> to add the switch in the code now.
>> That's a great idea. It looks easy enough to add the switch in the code,
>> but I couldn't find how those things are usually handled for modules
>> outside debhelper itself. I'll ask the perl team, apparently that's
>> something they did in the past.
> 
> It's actually a bad example, as it's part of debhelper and not an
> external module.
> 
> I'll send an email to the debhelper team and ask directly (CC-ing this BR).
> 
> Cheers,
> 

The change is implemented (see [1]), and Niels is OK to add something to
the compatibility notes of debhelper, as long as we provide the text and
open a bug.

So, if no one objects, I'll merge the branch, add the relevant changelog
entries and upload^Wask for someone to upload. ;)

(and I'll take care of the bug creation on debhelper meanwhile).

Cheers,

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/dh-golang/merge_requests/3

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