[debhelper-devel] Bug#825792: issues caused by lack of a bpo in jessie

[Nicholas D Steeves]

Package: debhelper
Version: 9.20160403

Dear maintainer,

Please backport debhelper to Jessie.  Here are the issues I've
encountered resulting from its absence:

1) lintian bpo version depends on a newer debhelper
    - lintians errors must presently be ignored
2) without a newer debhelper, one of the following occurs
    a) a package ignores removing explicit creation of -dbg packages
        to reduce bpo maintainance, which needlessly impedes progress to Stretch
    b) bpo maintenance becomes a needless hassle as those -dbg rules need to be
        added for each bpo release.
3) a bpo of Magit 2.x requires dh_elpa, thus a newer debhelper
     - the changes between Magit 1.x and 2.x make learning 1.x a waste of time

I sincerely hope that the issues related to backporting libdpkg-perl
can be overcome to make this possible, because Debian stable +
backports is the most reliable and featureful workstation OS I've had
the pleasure of using.  Truly the best of the best.

Nicholas