Bug#1106402: dpkg-source, native source package format with non-native version

Hi,

On 05/06/2025 12:19, Timo Röhling wrote:
> * Ian Jackson <[email protected]> [2025-06-03 16:36]:
>> I still get the feeling that any exercise of governance or oversight
>> is Debian is widely regarded as cataclysmic.  I have been criticised
>> here and in #1107137, as if my requests were unreasonable or obviously
>> beyond the pale.  This is very uncomfortable for me, and this kind of
>> thing is hardly going to encourage others to try to resolve
>> longstanding problems using our official processes.
>>
>> So I would appreciate at the very least some explicit recognition that
>> my requests to to the TC, in this bug, were appropriate.
> Speaking with my TC hat on: Yes, I believe they were absolutely 
> appropriate, and I find it unacceptable to insinuate anything else. This 
> does not mean that everyone has to agree with you, of course, but the TC 
> is the place to settle technical disagreements such as this one.

FTR, I agree with Timo here.

I think that with the pending changes in dpkg, and policy discussion (to 
make policy match the previous TC resolution) happening on -policy, 
there is no need for this TC bug to be kept open any more?

Regards,

Matthew