Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version"): > Let me first say exactly what change I'd recommend: > - out-of-date-standards-version should be I: or P: instead of W: > - ancient-standards-version should remain W: &g

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

Mattia Rizzolo writes ("Re: Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version"): > Currently there are two related tags: > * https://lintian.debian.org/tags/out-of-date-standards-version.html > which is reported when an upload is done and the date o

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

tags 886219 + pending thanks This has been committed in Git, pending upload within a few days: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=3c83a65d8f4a055eced5c254dac048a61bbdc2bc Best wishes, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org /

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

tags 886219 + pending thanks This has been committed in Git, pending upload within a few days: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=3c83a65d8f4a055eced5c254dac048a61bbdc2bc Best wishes, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org /

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 11:05:09PM +, Chris Lamb wrote: > > > - ancient-standards-version should be triggered when S-V contains a > > > release of Policy from the previous stable release cycle > > This sounds good to me. reading this once again I'm reminded that this feeds the notion that

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

Chris Lamb writes: > Same here Is this the consensus view? If so, I can go ahead and make > the change. It seems like the right change to me. There's a fair amount of background complaining about updating S-V, and if we ask people to do it less often, maybe that will die down

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

Hi all, > > - ancient-standards-version should be triggered when S-V contains a > > release of Policy from the previous stable release cycle > > […] > This sounds good to me. Same here Is this the consensus view? If so, I can go ahead and make the change. Best wishes, -- ,''`. :

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 02:24:46PM +, Sean Whitton wrote: > control: severity -1 normal > > Thanks for summarising exactly when these tags are triggered, Mattia. > > Let me first say exactly what change I'd recommend: > > - out-of-date-standards-version should be I: or P: instead of W: > -

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

Hello Mattia, Thanks for your reply. On Wed, Jan 03 2018, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: >> ISTM that requiring maintainers to check packages against the >> upgrading checklist before they can upload other improvements is an >> example of requiring prerequisite work of volunteers that is not >> needed

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

Sean Whitton writes: > Let me first say exactly what change I'd recommend: > > - out-of-date-standards-version should be I: or P: instead of W: > - ancient-standards-version should remain W: > - ancient-standards-version should be triggered when S-V contains a >

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Processing control commands: > forecemerge -1 886210 Unknown command or malformed arguments to command. > tag -1 pending Bug #886219 [lintian] lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version Added tag(s) pending. -- 886219: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

Control: forecemerge -1 886210 Control: tag -1 pending the previous merge from Holger failed due to mismatching severities. On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 02:24:46PM +, Sean Whitton wrote: > Mattia and I are in significant disagreement over this and both feel > quite strongly about the topic (hence

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Processing control commands: > severity -1 normal Bug #886219 [lintian] lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version Severity set to 'normal' from 'wishlist' -- 886219: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=886219 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

control: severity -1 normal Hello, Thank you for filing this bug, Holger. Mattia and I are in significant disagreement over this and both feel quite strongly about the topic (hence the severity bump -- I think this moderately important for Debian). In this e-mail I want to lay out in full

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

Holger Levsen writes: > package: lintian > severity: wishlist > x-debbugs-cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 05:26:35PM +, Sean Whitton wrote: > > I think that Lintian shouldn't warn about not using the latest > > Standards-Version; perhaps

Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

Control: found -1 2.5.67 On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 08:54:48AM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 05:26:35PM +, Sean Whitton wrote: > > I think that Lintian shouldn't warn about not using the latest > > Standards-Version; perhaps it should warn when you're using a really old >

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Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version

package: lintian severity: wishlist x-debbugs-cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 05:26:35PM +, Sean Whitton wrote: > I think that Lintian shouldn't warn about not using the latest > Standards-Version; perhaps it should warn when you're using a really old > one. Same