Package: lintian Version: 2.5.94 Severity: wishlist Hi,
Please update the lintian code to support the new alternative way of setting compat levels (supported in debhelper (>= 11.3~) and later). Instead of having a debian/compat file and a simple Build-Depends on "debhlelper (>= <COMPAT>~)", the maintainer simply Build-Depends on the versioned virtual package "debhelper-compat" e.g. "debhelper-compat (= 11)", which debhelper provides. I have used mscgen and apt-file to test this in the archive if you want a live example (other maintainers have started to pick it up as well). These packages should basically have no debhelper related lintian tags. Special cases / things that work differently from the original method: * maintainer *can* use "debhelper (>= 11.3.6~), debhelper-compat (= 10)" to use compat 10 but need debhelper 11.3.6 or later. * The virtual provides only supports compat 9 or later. * The virtual provides relation should *not* include the "~" in the version. The two methods for setting the compat level (d/compat vs. debhelper-compat) will mutually exclusive (enforced in debhelper itself) but will co-exist in the foreseeable future. I.e. there are currently no plans to remove d/compat. Thanks, ~Niels
