Re: versioned dependency on base-files

Hello

Am 29.05.26 um 19:34 schrieb Santiago Vila:
> On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 03:57:56PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> 
>> I guess that when taking advantage of that by shrinking
>> debian/copyright files to only reference some of those texts,
>> that we should then declare a versioned dependency on
>> base-files >= 14.1, right?
> 
> Good question. I guess that would be the absolutely correct way to do
> it for now, yes.
> 
> While we are at it, I would expect this not to become a "should"
> immediately, to give package maintainers some time to adapt before
> reporting a lot of related bugs.

I guess at this time it is a can. We from the dfsg team will give a hint 
when we review a package. It is a hint to give a chance to change it for 
the next upload. This is *not* a reason  for reject.

It can help us for the review.

Regards


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