Bug#904886: lintian: Support "debhelper-compat (= X)" B-D as replacement for "debhelper (>= X~)"

[Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>]

Dear Niels,

> debhelper-and-debhelper-compat-virtual-relation-with-unsupported-version
> might be better worded as
> "debhelper-build-dependency-implied-by-debhelper-compat-relation" and E
> might too high for this.  There is not much harm in having the redundant
> build-dependency.
> 
> On a related note, the text for that tag saying  "However, this requires
> a debhelper 11.3.6 or later." is incorrect.  Having debhelper-compat (=
> X) implies debhelper (>= 11.3.6~) - i.e. you can rely on any feature in
> debhelper up and including version 11.3.6~ without an explicit versioned
> relation on debhelper (but I am fine with lintian not keeping track of
> that).

Hm, perhaps I misunderstood what you wrote a few mails back - could you
provide an example "good" and example "bad" case of a Build-Depends
that uses both just to clarify? I think I've managed to confuse myself.


Best wishes,

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