Bug#904420: lintian: Warn about empty fields in source package control files

2018-07-24 Thread David Bremner
Chris Lamb writes: > > Naturally, this could also be indicative of a problem with the > packaging. Very happy to entertain a request to raising the severity > though; fancy retitling the bug to match? Done.

Bug#904420: lintian: Warn about empty fields in source package control files

2018-07-24 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi David, > >> Vcs-Browser: has only whitespace, and Vcs-Git: is empty [..] > > (These are all pedantic tags; are you perhaps not running at that > > level?) > > > I am not running at pedantic level. For me these errors deserve at least > a warning. So, I probably just added the tag at an

Bug#904420: lintian: Warn about empty fields in source package control files

2018-07-24 Thread David Bremner
Chris Lamb writes: > tags 904420 + moreinfo > thanks > > Hi David, > >> Vcs-Browser: has only whitespace, and Vcs-Git: is empty > > Unless I'm missing something, this should already be warned by "debian- > control-has-empty-field" as well as "file-contains-trailing-whitespace". > > (These are

Bug#904420: lintian: Warn about empty fields in source package control files

2018-07-24 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 904420 + moreinfo thanks Hi David, > Vcs-Browser: has only whitespace, and Vcs-Git: is empty Unless I'm missing something, this should already be warned by "debian- control-has-empty-field" as well as "file-contains-trailing-whitespace". (These are all pedantic tags; are you perhaps not

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2018-07-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#904420: lintian: Warn about empty fields in source package control files

2018-07-24 Thread David Bremner
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.93 Severity: normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I just encountered a source package with Vcs-Browser: Vcs-Git: (Vcs-Browser: has only whitespace, and Vcs-Git: is empty). This seems like something lintian should complain about. This is related