I see what you mean. Point taken :) On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 8:43 PM Chris Lamb <la...@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi Mattia, > > > Dunno if this is the case, but would be possible to at least keep it for > > some cases > […] > > Whilst this is certainly possible I just can't shake the feeling that > this tag isn't actually finding "real" bugs in packages worth of the > investment. > > Sure, a typo of 2117 instead of 2017 is objectively "wrong" but whilst > I am not a lawyer (I just play one on TV, etc. etc.) no court anywhere > in the world is going to rule against someone on the basis of such an > obvious typo. > > Thus, I think the Lintian developers' precious hours are better spent > elsewhere and not playing whack-a-mole with this tag, and that's not > taking into consideration the time or annoyance this tag can cause or > has already caused regular developers. > > > Best wishes, > > -- > ,''`. > : :' : Chris Lamb > `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk > `- >
