Bug#1068809: Any reason to (Build-)Depend from dh-buildinfo in ecbuild?

[Chris Hofstaedtler]

* Holger Levsen <holger at layer-acht.org> [241127 13:15]:
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 12:00:40PM +0000, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > Upload a version of dh_buildinfo that does nothing be output a warning
> > 'warning: db_buildinfo is obsolete, please remove from Build-Depends'.
> 
> I certainly wouldn't mind anyone doing this.
> 
> (I also doubt many people would see and act on this warning. dh-buildinfo
> was practially useless the last 8 years and noone noticed or acted.)
> 
> > This would gives time to maintainers to fix the issue before a MBF.
> 
> And whats the real benefit of this?

IIRC you said in some other thread that dh-buildinfo is causing you
issues. If that is the case (= if I'm not misremembering), an upload
that "defuses" dh-buildinfo would immediately solve the issue.

And then maintainers can get to their bugs whenever. Possibly only
when dh-buildinfo actually gets removed from unstable.

So - does dh-buildinfo cause you issues?

Chris