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Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package

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El 6/12/24 a las 10:59, Holger Levsen escribió:
> On Fri, Dec 06, 2024 at 01:10:50AM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
>> Yann: I'm going to NMU this package tomorrow, using the patch
>> I posted several weeks ago plus the color changes from Guillem.
>> I will not make any other change.
> 
> Thanks already!

You are welcome!
  
> (I'm a bit sick so a bit less active on this than I wanted...)

I hope this upload makes you feel better :-)


Ok, I've just done the NMU I announced, in the most minimalistic
style possible. The debdiff is attached for reference.

I have not added anything to the extended description for several
reasons:

- I know myself and would spend hours trying to find the perfect wording,..
The current changes already have the desired effect.

- If we are lucky and fix all the packages before the release of trixie
(no hurry anymore in doing so), it would not be necessary at all.

- Anybody who wonders why dh_buildinfo now behaves the way it does
will easily find the changelog, the bug number, and this discussion,
so it's not as if this was a secret conspiracy.

- If we finally have to release trixie with this no-op dh-buildinfo,
we can just make another release for documentation purposes.

There are some pending issues, which I leave to others as they see fit:

- lintian should probably warn about the build-depends
- lintian-brush should probably remove the build-depends

(even if we remove dh-buildinfo for trixie, we would also like
to "send the message" to our downstreams and third parties).

- in theory, we could binNMU affected packages now,
Holger, I think you would love doing that.

- As it has been suggested earlier in this thread: Would debhelper
maintainers be willing to "hijack" this dummy dh_buildinfo and move
it to debhelper, just for trixie?

The new debhelper would conflicts/replaces the old dh_buildinfo,
and most importantly it would *provide* it, which would allow
us to remove the dh-buildinfo package itself quite soon and without
bothering a lot of people.

Adding Cc Niels for the above.

I'm keeping this bug open because the NMU does not completely
fix the issue, and also because it's useful to continue
the discussion here (maybe debian-qa@l.d.o would be a good place?)

Thanks a lot!

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Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-11-28 01:40 +0100
  Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> - 2024-12-06 00:40 +0100
    Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-06 01:20 +0100
      Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-06 11:10 +0100
        Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-06 13:30 +0100
          Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-08 12:30 +0100
            Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-14 13:40 +0100
              Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-14 14:00 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-14 14:20 +0100
              Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-14 14:10 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-12-14 14:20 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-12-14 14:30 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-18 15:20 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-12-18 22:10 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Yann Dirson <ydirson@free.fr> - 2024-12-18 23:00 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-19 02:10 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package наб <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz> - 2024-12-19 03:40 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-21 00:40 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-19 17:00 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-21 00:30 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-14 14:30 +0100
          Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-08 12:30 +0100

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