On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 06:14:54PM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote: >... > Related, unless there's still a situation where -dbg packages serve a > purpose - I'm not aware of such and cannot think of any either - I > wouldn't mind if ftp-master starts to autoreject such packages, perhaps > with NMUs as an exception.
There are various reasons where -dbg packages are still required. One example are the python -dbg packages that also use python-dbg. Another example are -dbg packages that have reverse dependencies. > Christoph cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed