Bug#542866: lintian: Check for PS and PDF files in source package

["Nelson A. de Oliveira" <naoliv@debian.org>]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Russ Allbery<rra@debian.org> wrote:
> "Nelson A. de Oliveira" <naoliv@debian.org> writes:
>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> wrote:
>
>>> I think it's going to be impossible for Lintian to figure out whether a
>>> given PS or PDF file has source accompanying it.
>
>> But not even a test with "wild-guess" certainty?
>> I prefer a wild-guess message that will remind me to verify all the PS
>> and PDF files than no messages at all.
>
> Isn't it really common for packages to ship both the generated PS and PDF
> files and the original source?  If the false positive rate is high, that
> tends to turn people off on using Lintian.

Then a test at pedantic level? Won't this test fit into this description?

              Pedantic tags are Lintian at its most pickiest and include
              checks for particular Debian packaging styles, checks that are
              very frequently wrong, and checks that many people disagree
              with.  Expect false positives and Lintian tags that you don't
              consider useful if you use this option.  Adding overrides for
              pedantic tags is probably not worth the effort.

Thank you!

Best regards,
Nelson