clone 462586 -1 reassign -1 debian-policy retitle -1 Description doesn't make sense (and dpkg no longer generates it) for source-only *.changes files severity -1 normal thanks
Cyril Brulebois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: lintian > Version: 1.23.42 > Severity: wishlist > > since dpkg-dev is moving quite quickly these days, I postponed its > upgrade, and only hit today the following: > | E: graphviz_2.16.1-1_source.changes: no-description-in-changes-file > > Since dpkg/1.14.16, we have: > | * Some code refactoring on dpkg-genchanges and bug fixes in the generation > | of the Description: field. As a result, source only uploads will no more > | have Description fields. > > I presume it'dbe safe to turn off this check when checking a source-only > upload (if you don't detect source-only uploads yet, I guess that the > /_source.changes$/ pattern should do the job. Policy 5.5 says that Description is mandatory for all *.changes files, which is why the lintian tag. However, I agree that Description doesn't make much sense for source-only uploads, since there are no individual package descriptions in that case to lift into it. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
