Hi Dmitry,

Thanks for the patch.

On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 07:08:50PM +0000, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
> diff --git a/fixers/out-of-date-standards-version.sh 
> b/fixers/out-of-date-standards-version.sh
> new file mode 100755
> index 0000000..d8cda66
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fixers/out-of-date-standards-version.sh
> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
> +#!/bin/sh
> +sed -i '/^Standards-Version:/IcStandards-Version: 4.3.0' debian/control
> +echo 'Update standards version, no changes needed.'
> +echo 'Certainty: certain'
> +echo 'Fixed-Lintian-Tags: out-of-date-standards-version'
Standards-Version should reflect the latest version with which the
package is compatible.

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-standards-version

Upgrading to a newer version should be safe only if we're sure that
there are no changes needed because of changes in policy.

Perhaps we could allow upgrades to a newer standards-versions if we've
verified that all of the steps in the upgrade checklist are taken or
irrelevant:

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html#version-4-3-0

Jelmer

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