Package: lintian-brush Severity: wishlist In situations where there are name or contact fields in the upstream metadata file that have equivalent fields in the copyright file, please check that the field values are the same in both files before removing the field from the upstream metadata file.
The fixer for this issue should instead return an error so that the maintainer can notice the discrepancy and then manually reconcile the two fields, choosing the best option for the package. In my case FoxtrotGPS, the upstream metadata file had a URL to a mailing list while the copyright file just had the email of the mailing list. The web page of the mailing list is more useful than the email address since it has an intro, allows you to subscribe etc. PS: personally I think these fields should be removed from the copyright file instead of the upstream metadata file, but that is a topic for another discussion in another place. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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