Bug#833169: dpkg-dev-el: debian/NEWS is loaded in debian-changelog-mode, which encourages lintian debian-news-entry-uses-asterisk complaints

2018-10-20 Thread Sean Whitton
control: block -1 by 905453 Hello, On Fri 19 Oct 2018 at 08:07AM -0300, David Bremner wrote: > The format in devref doesn't actually have any justification, which is > odd. I also think that if the format of some file in a package is > normative, then it should be in policy, not devref. Oh

Bug#833169: dpkg-dev-el: debian/NEWS is loaded in debian-changelog-mode, which encourages lintian debian-news-entry-uses-asterisk complaints

2018-10-19 Thread David Bremner
The format in devref doesn't actually have any justification, which is odd. I also think that if the format of some file in a package is normative, then it should be in policy, not devref. Oh well. What do you suggest we do here? Open debian/NEWS in readme-debian-mode? That suports only a

Bug#833169: dpkg-dev-el: debian/NEWS is loaded in debian-changelog-mode, which encourages lintian debian-news-entry-uses-asterisk complaints

2016-08-01 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: dpkg-dev-el Version: 35.12 Severity: minor Control: affects -1 lintian when i open debian/NEWS in emacs, i end up in debian-changelog mode, which encourages me to use bulleted lists like a regular changelog. But lintian complains: 0 dkg@alice:~$ lintian-info --tags