Bug#867673: [checks/cruft] Microsoft help files can be built using free software

2017-07-10 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Colin, > Looks reasonable, thanks; but maybe you still want to keep the positive > file contents test for "MS Windows Html Help Data" Whoops, that was an accidentally omission. Re-added in: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/? id=572cb94a8816e5193c22331ca892412d97a7fc

Bug#867673: [checks/cruft] Microsoft help files can be built using free software

2017-07-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jul 09, 2017 at 11:20:53PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > Actually, this wasn't too ugly in the end: > > > https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=1371b6b57d571459a4a9ec7481ea2e73aea283cd Looks reasonable, thanks; but maybe you still want to keep the positive file con

Bug#867673: [checks/cruft] Microsoft help files can be built using free software

2017-07-09 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 867673 + pending thanks Actually, this wasn't too ugly in the end: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=1371b6b57d571459a4a9ec7481ea2e73aea283cd Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb, Debian Project Leader `. `'` la...@debian.org / chri

Bug#867673: [checks/cruft] Microsoft help files can be built using free software

2017-07-09 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi, > * Lintian currently says that "There is Linux software to read them and > an incomplete FreePascal related project to create them", but Halibut > >= 1.2 can create them, so the implication that there is no complete > free software to create them should be corrected. I've changed that he

Bug#867673: [checks/cruft] Microsoft help files can be built using free software

2017-07-08 Thread Colin Watson
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.51 Severity: normal lintian emits the source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file tag on putty 0.70-1. I believe this is a false positive. It's built using free software (halibut, which is in Debian), and given that, it's reasonable for upstream to provide pre-built versi