Re: [PATCH] debianize: set appropriate Standards-Version for each debian suite

["'Florian Bezdeka' via isar-users" <isar-users@googlegroups.com>]

On Mon, 2025-10-27 at 17:23 +0530, srinuvasan.a via isar-users wrote:
> From: srinuvasan <srinuvasan.a@siemens.com>
> 
> The Standards-Version field in debian/control declares the Debian Policy
> version that the package complies with. Currently, the custom source packages
> use a hard-coded Standards-Version: 3.9.6, which is obsolete and does not align
> with the policies of newer Debian releases
> 
> Update the packaging to set the correct Standards-Version dynamically based on
> the target Debian suite, ensuring compliance with the appropriate Debian Policy
> version for each release.
> 
> Signed-off-by: srinuvasan <srinuvasan.a@siemens.com>
> ---
>  meta/classes/debianize.bbclass | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> index 1f54e8f9..0d7b804b 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/debianize.bbclass
> @@ -83,11 +83,18 @@ deb_create_control[vardeps] += "DEBIANIZE_BUILD_DEPENDS \
>                                  DEBIAN_RULES_REQUIRES_ROOT"
>  deb_create_control() {
>  	# Add Source section
> +	case "${BASE_DISTRO_CODENAME}" in
> +		buster)   STANDARDS_VERSION="4.3.0" ;;
> +		bullseye) STANDARDS_VERSION="4.5.1" ;;
> +		bookworm) STANDARDS_VERSION="4.6.2" ;;
> +		trixie|sid|*) STANDARDS_VERSION="4.7.2" ;;
> +	esac
> +

Hm... But that means that downstream users might end up with a
different standard version for their package after updating isar the
next time.

I'm expecting build failures here and there. Quite sure that not all
packages / recipes out there will fulfill the newer standards.

Maybe add a short note to the API changelog? An available quick fix
would be to overwrite STANDARDS_VERSION in the affected recipes.

>  	cat << EOF > ${S}/debian/control
>  Source: ${BPN}
>  Section: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIAN_SECTION')}
>  Priority: optional
> -Standards-Version: 3.9.6
> +Standards-Version: ${STANDARDS_VERSION}
>  Maintainer: ${MAINTAINER}
>  Build-Depends: ${@ deb_list_beautify(d, 'DEBIANIZE_BUILD_DEPENDS')}
>  EOF
> -- 
> 

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