Bug#922531: lintian: Please make package-uses-vendor-specific-patch-series Debian-archive specific

2019-02-19 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Guillem, > > Or perhaps not emit this tag for "local" packages (via the > > versioning scheme?) > > I'm not sure there's any reliable way to distinguish those? I think > most people even tend to use the defaul target distribution from dch, > and use normal looking versions for local packages.

Bug#922531: lintian: Please make package-uses-vendor-specific-patch-series Debian-archive specific

2019-02-19 Thread Guillem Jover
On Mon, 2019-02-18 at 14:16:56 +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > > The problem with emitting this tag unconditionally, even within the > > Debian-vendor realm, is that people create local packages for their > > own, or for $work, etc. > > Hmm. Emitting such a tag here still seems right to me, or at

Bug#922531: lintian: Please make package-uses-vendor-specific-patch-series Debian-archive specific

2019-02-18 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Guillem, > The problem with emitting this tag unconditionally, even within the > Debian-vendor realm, is that people create local packages for their > own, or for $work, etc. Hmm. Emitting such a tag here still seems right to me, or at least when balanced with the downsides. The local package

Bug#922531: lintian: Please make package-uses-vendor-specific-patch-series Debian-archive specific

2019-02-17 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Sun, 2019-02-17 at 22:41:19 +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > > So, I'd appreciate very much to see this tag emitted exclusively when > > running lintian on lintian.d.o and Debian's ftp-master […] but not when > > running locally > Whilst I have not seen Ubuntu folks complain about this tag

Bug#922531: lintian: Please make package-uses-vendor-specific-patch-series Debian-archive specific

2019-02-17 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 922531 + moreinfo thanks Hi Guillem, > As the maintainer of dpkg, I [..] I note your dislike of the decision that was reached by the CTTE in #904302. I will pass no comment on it either way. > So, I'd appreciate very much to see this tag emitted exclusively when > running lintian on

Bug#922531: lintian: Please make package-uses-vendor-specific-patch-series Debian-archive specific

2019-02-17 Thread Guillem Jover
Package: lintian Version: 2.7.0 Severity: wishlist Hi! As the maintainer of dpkg, I do not agree at all (well I'd go as far as to consider them to be just bogus :) with the rationale and conclusions that were arrived to get the package-uses-vendor-specific-patch-series tag implemented. But the