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Bug#744981: does not recognize https version of copyright format URL




On 04/17/2014 04:57 AM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> Thanks for the bug report.
> 
> * Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@eds.org>, 2014-04-16, 23:23:
>> lintian does not recognize the https variant of this URL:
>>
>> https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
> 
> This is not the correct URL according to the copyright-format specification,
> so in a way Lintian is right. Still and all, Lintian should recognize it, just
> like it recognized many other outdated or slightly malformed URIs. We probably
> need a separate tag (or even tags) to complain about them.
> 

It is indeed a minor point, but as part of the push towards HTTPS everywhere,
I've gotten used to putting HTTPS by default as often as possible.  I do think
if its an easy change, it is worthwhile to make.

.hc

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