Bug#762177: lintian: allow Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-{perl,ruby}
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.27
X-Debbugs-Cc: autopkgtest-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org
Newer versions of autopkgtest [1] use Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl
and autopkgtest-pkg-ruby to activate "implicit test control files"
instead of copying the same file in thousands of packages.
These currently trigger the "unknown-testsuite" and
"inconsistent-testsuite-field" lintian warnings. Please allow at least
the two current extensions, or alternatively whitelist autopkgtest-*.
Martin Pitt says he's "slightly leaning towards well-known values to
guard against typos" [2], but I'm cc'ing the autopkgtest-devel list for
further discussion.
[1] http://www.piware.de/2014/09/autopkgtest-3-5-reboot-support-perlruby-implicit-tests/
[2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2014/09/msg00096.html
Thanks for your work on lintian,
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Niko Tyni ntyni at debian.org
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