X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2Fsource%2Flintian-overrides;h=72a15786ab76060baf14940be5ab6facf14e2893;hb=01e7997e8abbf1ca6c9a08962154599154a5bb75;hp=ea5c12174e526737cc93c51440c424951a039bc3;hpb=12d9031f379c74c6061238b29fd3030afdaa9f5c;p=debian%2Fgzip

diff --git a/debian/source/lintian-overrides b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
index ea5c121..72a1578 100644
--- a/debian/source/lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
+# Because gzip is an essential package, any new dependencies would be a
+# huge big deal (must also be essential, require Pre-Depends handling,
+# etc).  I therefore carefully manage the control file contents, stick to
+# an older debhelper compat level to aid porting and back porting, and am
+# careful to only use specific debhelper tools I understand the effects of. 
 gzip source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends gzip-win32
 gzip source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends gzip