Bug#886303: lintian: python-foo-but-no-python3-foo false positive

Package: lintian Version: 2.5.67 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, As you can see on lintian.d.o [1], qscintilla2 has: W python-foo-but-no-python3-foo python-qscintilla2 python-qscintilla2-dbg This is literally true, but not useful. There is no python3-qscintilla2, but there is

Bug#886297: lintian: false positive: autotools-pkg-config-macro-not-cross-compilation-safe

Package: lintian Version: 2.5.67 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, lintian caught the autotools-pkg-config-macro-not-cross-compilation-safe tag on my "swath" package just because the AC_PATH_PROG macro appears in a comment: https://sources.debian.org/src/swath/0.6.0-1/configure.ac/#line20 The

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#886271: lintian: do not warn about debian-control-has-obsolete-dbg-package for python-*-dbg packages

tags 886271 + pending thanks Fixed in Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=e00d72353243e0ed77bc4d25d45fc8fbd635a99d (Particularly love how the "real" change is one byte, yet the changelog and testsuite changes mean that we have a non-trivial diffstat!)

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[lintian] branch master updated (e4e965b -> e00d723)

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[lintian] 01/01: data/common/dbg-pkg: Identify both python-foo-dbg and python3-foo-dbg as known debug packages to avoid a false-positive for the former when checking for debian-control-has-obsolete-db

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Bug#886271: lintian: do not warn about debian-control-has-obsolete-dbg-package for python-*-dbg packages

Package: lintian Version: 2.5.67 I: libxml2 source: debian-control-has-obsolete-dbg-package python-libxml2-dbg That's untrue for python-foo-dbg as those packages not necessarily or anyway not only contains debug symbols for the python-foo library, but also has the library build for the debug

Bug#795261: add a warning for stripped python-*-dbg packages

On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 10:19:47PM +, Chris Lamb wrote: > Hi Matthias, > > > add a warning for stripped python-*-dbg packages > > Do you think we should still implement this now that we have automatic > debug packages? I would lean towards "no"... Actually, this seems to be already covered

[lintian] 01/01: t/tests/scripts-control-interpreters/desc: List dependency-on-python-version-marked-for-end-of-life in Test-For, not Test-Against.

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[lintian] branch master updated (06e998d -> e4e965b)

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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#886259: please downgrade dependency-on-python-version-marked-for-end-of-life to info or pedantic

tags 886259 + pending thanks Fixed in Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=06e998db45cbd874740d12a9e553d74a576703a3 Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-

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Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > tags 886259 + pending Bug #886259 [lintian] please downgrade dependency-on-python-version-marked-for-end-of-life to info or pedantic Added tag(s) pending. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 886259:

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

[lintian] branch master updated (098ceec -> 06e998d)

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[lintian] 01/01: checks/python.desc: Lower the severity of the "dependency-on-python-version-marked-for-end-of-life" tag from normal ("E:") to wishlist ("W:") as it is not necessarily actionable by th

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Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > forcemerge 886219 886210 Bug #886219 [lintian] lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version Bug #886219 [lintian] lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version Marked as found in versions lintian/2.5.66. Bug #886210

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=886219

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

Bug#886259: please downgrade dependency-on-python-version-marked-for-end-of-life to info or pedantic

package: lintian severity: wishlist x-debbugs-cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, d...@list.debian.org On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 02:24:46PM +, Sean Whitton wrote: [...lots of stuff I agree with deleted...] > Lintian errors and warnings tell you, roughly, "watch out, your upload > might/will make

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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

Processed: Re: Downgrade "newer-standards-version" to an info

Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > tags 886210 + pending Bug #886210 [lintian] Downgrade "out-of-date-standards-version" to an info Added tag(s) pending. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 886210:

Bug#886210: Downgrade "newer-standards-version" to an info

tags 886210 + pending thanks Fixed in: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=97912d84cf49d35188ac91ed3a50357095400386 https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=098ceec8af75aae4d228c634fc1b19224b0e9273 Regards, -- ,''`. : :' :

[lintian] branch master updated (97912d8 -> 098ceec)

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[lintian] 01/01: checks/standards-version.desc: Correct which tag are altering.

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[lintian] branch master updated (7b8251a -> 97912d8)

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[lintian] 01/01: checks/standards-version.desc: Downgrade severity of newer-standards-version from normal ("W:") to wishlist ("I:"). (Closes: #886210)

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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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Processing control commands: > found -1 2.5.67 Bug #886219 [lintian] lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version Marked as found in versions lintian/2.5.67. -- 886219: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=886219 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact

Processed (with 1 error): Re: Bug#886219: Acknowledgement (lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version)

Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > merge 886219 886210 Bug #886219 [lintian] lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version Unable to merge bugs because: severity of #886210 is 'normal' not 'wishlist' Failed to merge 886219: Did not alter merged bugs. > thanks

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

[lintian] branch master updated (4d52dec -> 7b8251a)

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[lintian] 01/01: spelling: Add several corrections

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