Merge ~athos-ribeiro/ubuntu/+source/kerberos-configs:merge-impish into ubuntu/+source/kerberos-configs:debian/sid

You don't need to mention the no-change rebuilds as being dropped, since there's no tangible change to the packaging or source code. The reason we bother mentioning drops in the first place is primarily to assist future maintainers identify when packaging/code changes exited the package. Since with no-change rebuilts there are no such changes, there's nothing worth mentioning in the changelog entry.

Similarly, for the Remaining Changes, I've noticed a common practice is to summarize changes so they take less room in the changelog. Especially so for changes we're likely to carry for a while. I guess a general rule of thumb is give enough info for someone to recognize the change enough that they can search through the changelog to find the more detailed original entry.

Anyway, so I think you could simplify your changelog message to just this:

+ * Merge with Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
+ - d/control: set Multi-Arch to foreign to allow this package to be
+ used as a dependency of architecture-dependent packages.

Looks like the delta has been forwarded to Debian, but they've not yet responded:
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=959982

Regarding dep8 tests, this maybe not so critical since this is a -configs package, but this merge might be a good opportunity to jot down thoughts in LP: #1677880 about how this could be achieved.

Thanks, Bryce. I was indeed asking myself if we needed to keep that specific entry.

I fixed the changelog, as you suggested. Would you rather see the dep8 test suite added in this MP, in a separate MP (adding additional delta) or just forwarded to Debian?

Oh, I don't expect dep8 tests to be written for this MP, just the changelog fixup. I can go ahead and sponsor this now.

If you do wish to work on a dep8 test at some point, whether to do that in debian and merge here, or in ubuntu (and then forward to them) is down to personal preference I think.

triage-impish+21.10:~/pkg/KerberosConfigs/review-mp406047$ dput ubuntu kerberos-configs_2.6+nmu1ubuntu1_source.changesD: Setting host argument.
Checking signature on .changes
gpg: /home/bryce/pkg/KerberosConfigs/review-mp406047/kerberos-configs_2.6+nmu1ubuntu1_source.changes: Valid signature from E603B2578FB8F0FB
Checking signature on .dsc
gpg: /home/bryce/pkg/KerberosConfigs/review-mp406047/kerberos-configs_2.6+nmu1ubuntu1.dsc: Valid signature from E603B2578FB8F0FB
Uploading to ubuntu (via ftp to upload.ubuntu.com):
  Uploading kerberos-configs_2.6+nmu1ubuntu1.dsc: done.
  Uploading kerberos-configs_2.6+nmu1ubuntu1.tar.xz: done.
  Uploading kerberos-configs_2.6+nmu1ubuntu1_source.buildinfo: done.
  Uploading kerberos-configs_2.6+nmu1ubuntu1_source.changes: done.
Successfully uploaded packages.
stirling:~/pkg/KerberosConfigs/review-mp406047/kerberos-configs-gu$ git ubuntu tag --upload
stirling:~/pkg/KerberosConfigs/review-mp406047/kerberos-configs-gu$ git push pkg upload/2.6+nmu1ubuntu1
Enumerating objects: 25, done.
Counting objects: 100% (25/25), done.
Delta compression using up to 12 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (20/20), done.
Writing objects: 100% (21/21), 2.56 KiB | 2.56 MiB/s, done.
Total 21 (delta 15), reused 1 (delta 1)
To ssh://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kerberos-configs
 * [new tag] upload/2.6+nmu1ubuntu1 -> upload/2.6+nmu1ubuntu1