[debhelper-devel] Bug#894666: Simplify backports - manpage should suggest >=11~ not >=11

[Trent W. Buck]

Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 02:30:02PM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> > When backporting libpam-mount from experimental to stable, the only change I needed was
> > 
> >     -Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11), …
> >     +Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11~), …
> > 
> > The tilde allows ~bpo versions of debhelper to satisfy the constraint.
> > 
> > The debhelper(5) manpage suggestion has no tilde.
> > Can it have a tilde?
> 
> There is going to be no need in a few days once debhelper 11.1.6 will
> finally be backported (it couldn't be done before).

Won't a similar problem happen if debhelper 12 ships around the time buster becomes stable, and so on?

I have vague memories of this biting me back when wheezy was stable, but maybe I misremember.

If you're confident this situation is rare enough to be ignorable, I'll defer to you :-)