Bug#645455: Warn about packages in section debug with priority other than extra

[Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>]

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 01:22:28PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>, 2011-10-15, 18:03:
> >>>The "debug" section contains debugging symbols, which should
> >>>always have priority extra.  Policy specifically mentions them
> >>>in the description of priority extra.
> >>>
> >>>Please consider warning about any packages in section "debug"
> >>>with any priority higher than "extra".
> >>
> >>We do check all packages named *-dbg for that
> >>(debug-package-should-be-priority-extra).
> >
> >Ah, good to know.  And it looks like lintian also already checks
> >that any package containing debug symbols follows that naming
> >convention, which together check that any package containing debug
> >symbols has priority extra. :)
> 
> Right, that's debug-package-should-be-named-dbg.
> 
> >Neither of those ensure that such packages have section "debug",
> >though.
> 
> There is wrong-section-according-to-package-name, which should
> trigger for all *-dbg packages that are not in section "debug".

Oh, awesome, thanks.

- Josh Triplett