Hi, On 2021-10-13 17:11, Felix Lechner wrote: > On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 11:45 PM Andrius Merkys <mer...@debian.org> wrote: >> However, license-problem-md5sum-non-free-file seems superfluous to me. >> What do you think? > I agree. Unfortunately, the two checks are in different places. We > have the issue elsewhere in Lintian. > > In the future I may separate Lintian's scanning activities from the > hint issuance, which would allow for post-processing. (Another > solution, which I like less, would be to integrate the banned hashes > into Index::Item.) Either way, the hashes are more reliable—plus, the > banned hash table contains other Lenna images [1]—while the name > detection is broader and more user-friendly. > > After some contemplation, I left the duplication issue to be solved on > another day.
Thanks for the explanation. Now I understand that tag duplication originates from two separate checks. I think that they are fine as they are - better duplicate than none. > [1] > https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/data/cruft/non-free-files Best wishes, Andrius