document lintian overrides

[debian/gzip] / debian / source / lintian-overrides

diff --git a/debian/source/lintian-overrides b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
index ea5c12174e526737cc93c51440c424951a039bc3..72a15786ab76060baf14940be5ab6facf14e2893 100644 (file)
--- 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