On 2014-03-14 09:13, Micha Lenk wrote: > Hi Vincent, > > On 13.03.2014 21:06, Vincent Cheng wrote: >>> Lintian complained about a missing NMU so I thought I had to add it. >> >> That lintian warning can be safely ignored, AFAIK. > > Yes, in fact a backport is not a NMU (unless you want to go nitpicking). > So I totally understand why Pierre Rudloff was adding a NMU entry in > debian/changelog, even though it is a backport. > > Maybe Lintian maintainers (added to CC) can tweak that check a bit so > that it doesn't issue NMU missing warnings in case of backports?! Or > that it suggests to add the backporter to Uploaders: for the backport? > > Cheers, > Micha > >
Hi, I have long suggested that Lintian should have a "debian/backports" profile, which could ask Lintian to not emit tags about NMU or even standards-versions. However, to this date, I do not recall ever seeing one nor have I met anyone willing to implement/maintain it. It could even be extended to include a check for the notorious "Changes since stable missing in changes file. Did you forget -v?"-rejection. If you are interested, feel free to supply a patch or follow up on the Lintian mailing list - I will gladly help you get started. ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
