Bug#888001: Bug#762261: lintian: introduce a inexistent-file-in-dep5-copyright rather confusing

2018-01-23 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Mattia, > Not sure where you are heading here… As I suspect you know (☺) I'm not > interested in naming things. Right, nor am I, hence the many caveats I added that my names were only about clarifying what you are after here > To make it simple: this last paragraph should eming **only one ta

Bug#888001: Bug#762261: lintian: introduce a inexistent-file-in-dep5-copyright rather confusing

2018-01-23 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 04:16:38AM +0530, Chris Lamb wrote: > > > Files: specific-name > > > License: GPL-3 > > > > So this paragraph should already (please check if you have simple way > > to!) cause tag unused-file-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright to appear. > > To 100% clarify; this is because wh

Bug#888001: Bug#762261: lintian: introduce a inexistent-file-in-dep5-copyright rather confusing

2018-01-23 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Mattia, > > Files: specific-name > > License: GPL-3 > > So this paragraph should already (please check if you have simple way > to!) cause tag unused-file-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright to appear. To 100% clarify; this is because whilst the file exists in this example, it should be "covered"

Bug#888001: Bug#762261: lintian: introduce a inexistent-file-in-dep5-copyright rather confusing

2018-01-23 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 03:48:31AM +0530, Chris Lamb wrote: > What do we want to end up with? Let's use this example > > Files: specific-name > License: GPL-3 So this paragraph should already (please check if you have simple way to!) cause tag unused-file-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright to appear.

Bug#888001: Bug#762261: lintian: introduce a inexistent-file-in-dep5-copyright rather confusing

2018-01-23 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Mattia, > Control: clone -1 -2 > Control: tag -2 - pending > Control: retitle -2 lintian: introduce a inexistent-file-in-dep5-copyright > Control: severity -2 wishlist Thanks for splitting this (into #888001)! Let's try and get everything clear in my mind as the "non-existing" double-negative

Bug#762261: lintian: introduce a inexistent-file-in-dep5-copyright rather confusing

2018-01-22 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
Control: clone -1 -2 Control: tag -2 - pending Control: retitle -2 lintian: introduce a inexistent-file-in-dep5-copyright Control: severity -2 wishlist On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 11:15:16AM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > 1) split the check in something like inexistent-file-in-dep5-copyright and >