On Mon, Feb 09, 2026 at 10:40:20AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Thus I think this sentence to be overstated: > > > 'the package maintainer is prepared to track future changes to the default > > compiler flags and update the package as necessary' > > For example, if we add new flags for reproducible builds, the packages > that don't use dpkg-buildflags really should pick those up, because > reproducible builds is a general distribution goal. "Should," not "must," > but it feels to me like should is appropriate here.
But then tracking Debian policy is sufficient (and mandatory already), so tracking dpkg-buildflags is not needed. To get back to my previous message, a change to dpkg-buildflags cannot by itself change Debian policy, thus it is not necessary to track it to follow policy. Cheers, -- Bill. <[email protected]> Imagine a large red swirl here.
