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Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] builddeb: Update a few outdated and hardcoded strings



On Mon, 2017-01-23 at 13:40 +0200, riku.voipio@linaro.org wrote:
> From: Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@linaro.org>
> 
> The builddeb script has some hardcoded references to Linux version 2.6
> which is ancient. Drop Provides as the virtual packages provided are not
> useful anymore. Leave the Provides for linux-kernel-headers, as someone
> might still be referring to it.

I agree that these virtual packages are not useful.  Debian's official
kernel packages don't provide them any more as they that effectively
prevented auto-removal.

> While at it, updated copyright date and standards version.
[...]

Does it makes sense to specify a Standards-Version at all?  These
packages aren't really policy-compliant since e.g. packaging changes
aren't mentioned in the changelog.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Hoare's Law of Large Problems:
        Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get
out.

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