On Wed, Oct 31, 2007, Daniel Schepler wrote: > Doesn't help building packages for etch, unless etch's apt-get supports the > flag. And if it does, I'd say the concern over apt version would be a moot > point anyway, unless you want to support building for sarge or even older > distributions. (Sorry I don't have an etch chroot handy to test whether this > is the case or not.)
Yes, it's not compatible with etch anymore, but the dependencies clearly suggest so, and a backport could for example remove the flag again. I found this change simpler and it wouldn't cause a penalty in calling apt-get. The concern about the version is about people doing partial upgrades. -- Loïc Minier
