[med-svn] r24974 - trunk/community/website/docs

[Andreas Tille]

Author: tille
Date: 2018-01-10 15:33:18 +0000 (Wed, 10 Jan 2018)
New Revision: 24974

Modified:
   trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
Log:
We do not use cdbs any more nor any other patch system than quilt.  So there is no point to refer to outdated stuff.


Modified: trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml	2018-01-10 15:29:11 UTC (rev 24973)
+++ trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml	2018-01-10 15:33:18 UTC (rev 24974)
@@ -716,23 +716,15 @@
 
 		<sect2 id="debhelper">
 			<title>Debhelper</title>
-			<para>Debhelper uses compatibility levels to control the behaviour of its commands.  We currently recommend to use the level <emphasis>9</emphasis> which
-			is available in current <emphasis>Stable</emphasis> (Wheezy) and backported to <emphasis>Oldstable</emphasis>.  However, there is no urgent need to
+			<para>Debhelper uses compatibility levels to control the behaviour of its commands.  We currently recommend to use the level <emphasis>10</emphasis> which
+			is available in current <emphasis>Stable</emphasis> and backported to <emphasis>Oldstable</emphasis>.  However, there is no urgent need to
 			touch packages only because it has an older Debhelper version.</para>
 			<para>
 			It is strongly recommended to use the short <emphasis>dh</emphasis> notation in <filename>debian/rules</filename> files which makes code factorisation very
 			simple and easy to understand the packaging for other members of the team.  Even complex packaging becomes quite transparent this way.
 			</para>
 		</sect2>
-		
-		<sect2 id="cdbs">
-			<title>CDBS</title>
-			<para>Before the short <emphasis>dh</emphasis> notation of debhelper existed CDBS was the only way to factorise code in <filename>debian/rules</filename> files.
-			We would like to standardise on <emphasis>dh</emphasis> when both provide similar comfort.  Please give it priority for new packages.
-			It is also possible to switch to <emphasis>dh</emphasis> for existing packages, but this is entirely at the packagers discretion.</para>
-			<para>It is technically possible to build CDBS packages using Debhelper without the <filename>debian/compat</filename> file. Please do not, and always include such a file according to the above guidelines.</para>
-		</sect2>
-		
+
 		<sect2 id="vcs">
 			<title>Version control systems</title>
 			<para>
@@ -812,14 +804,7 @@
 			</para>
 			<para>
 				The <literal>3.0 (quilt)</literal> Dpkg source format provides its own
-				patch system.  Apart from this, the most popular is
-				<command>quilt</command>.  <emphasis>simple-patchsys</emphasis>, from
-				the <package>CDBS</package> package, is deprecated since version
-				<literal>0.4.85</literal>.  <command>dpatch</command> has been popular
-				as well, but is not compatible with the <literal>3.0 (quilt)</literal>
-				source format and is <ulink	url="http://lists.debian.org/878vqt6was.fsf@luthien.mhp">
-				planned to be removed	2017</ulink>.  Please don't use any other patch
-				system in Debian Med,	unless absolutely necessary.
+				patch system.  You can use it with the <command>quilt</command> command.
 			</para>
 			<sect3 id="quilt">
 				<title>Using <command>quilt</command></title>