Author: tille
Date: 2011-03-19 11:28:28 +0000 (Sat, 19 Mar 2011)
New Revision: 6311
Modified:
trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
Log:
Recommend Debhelper compatibility level 8 because it is in current stable and
backported to oldstable. This makes sense for new packages which need to be
backported anyway if targting at oldstable.
Modified: trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml 2011-03-19 09:24:27 UTC (rev
6310)
+++ trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml 2011-03-19 11:28:28 UTC (rev
6311)
@@ -326,7 +326,9 @@
<sect2 id="debhelper">
<title>Debhelper</title>
- <para>Debhelper uses compatibility levels to control
the behaviour of its commands. The latest level is not always available in
<emphasis>Stable</emphasis> or <emphasis>Backports</emphasis>. Please avoid
using it unless needed until it is available, to facilitate backporting. We
currently recommend to use the level <emphasis>7</emphasis>.</para>
+ <para>Debhelper uses compatibility levels to control
the behaviour of its commands. We currently recommend to use the level
<emphasis>8</emphasis> which
+ is available in current <emphasis>Stable</emphasis>
(Squeeze) and backported to <emphasis>Oldstable</emphasis>. However, there is
no urgent need to
+ touch packages only because it has an older Debhelper
version.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="cdbs">
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