On 2011-09-26 00:32, Russ Allbery wrote: > Jari Aalto <jari.aa...@cante.net> writes: > >> Please add a check to recommend update old debian/copyright to DEP 5 >> format. > > I don't think this is appropriate, at least at this time. Some parts of > Debian really like the format, but other maintainers really don't, and > Lintian tries not to take a stance (even at the pedantic level) on issues > of ongoing controversy. >
Personally, I agree with this and this is also why I have not looked at fixing #612610. > I think it would be appropriate to add such a check in the profiles of > specific packaging teams who want to use DEP-5 on all of their packages, > but not centrally in Lintian's default profiles. > Maybe we should block this (and #612610) on #359059? ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
