Bug#917566: lintian: please warn about non-supported previous versions

2019-01-08 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
[2019-01-06 23:10] Chris Lamb > Hi Dmitry, > > > Probably I missing something oblivious, but still: if you know that > > version X is latest > > […] > > I think it was me who was missing oblivious; your pseudocode helped > clarify what you were after so thanks for persevering. > > > grep

Bug#917566: lintian: please warn about non-supported previous versions

2019-01-06 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 917566 - moreinfo thanks Hi Dmitry, > Probably I missing something oblivious, but still: if you know that > version X is latest […] I think it was me who was missing oblivious; your pseudocode helped clarify what you were after so thanks for persevering. > grep -v '#' $maintscript |

Bug#917566: lintian: please warn about non-supported previous versions

2019-01-02 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
[2018-12-30 23:09] Chris Lamb > > > > As of implementation side, given that Lintian by design do not use > > > > network, it is possible to assume that Debian release happens once a 2.5 > > > > year (or so), so versions older then 5.5 years (possible to lookup in > > > > d/changelog) are below

Bug#917566: lintian: please warn about non-supported previous versions

2018-12-30 Thread Chris Lamb
Dmitry, > > > As of implementation side, given that Lintian by design do not use > > > network, it is possible to assume that Debian release happens once a 2.5 > > > year (or so), so versions older then 5.5 years (possible to lookup in > > > d/changelog) are below threhold. > > > > Alas, unless

Bug#917566: lintian: please warn about non-supported previous versions

2018-12-30 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
[2018-12-28 19:42] Chris Lamb > Dmitry, > > > As far as I know [citation needed], Debian only supports upgrades of > > consequenced releases -- it means that maintainer is not obliged to make > > sure that Debian 8 -> Debian 10 (skipping Debian 9) works smoothly. > [..] > > As of implementation

Bug#917566: lintian: please warn about non-supported previous versions

2018-12-28 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 917566 + moreinfo thanks Dmitry, > As far as I know [citation needed], Debian only supports upgrades of > consequenced releases -- it means that maintainer is not obliged to make > sure that Debian 8 -> Debian 10 (skipping Debian 9) works smoothly. [..] > As of implementation side, given

Bug#917566: lintian: please warn about non-supported previous versions

2018-12-28 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.117 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, please add information tag about references to ancient package version in maintainer scripts. As far as I know [citation needed], Debian only supports upgrades of consequenced releases -- it means that maintainer is not