Re: over 30000 bugs in our archive (!)
Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org> writes:
> > E: gsn-curses: description-contains-invalid-control-statement
>
> What does this mean? I'd guess it has to do with the line in the
> extended description which starts with an elipsis (...)?
It violates policy. Packaging manual 7.1
| 7.1 Types of formatting line in the extended description
|
| [...]
| * Those containing a single space followed by a single full stop
| character. These are rendered as blank lines. This is the only
| way to get a blank line - see below.
| * Those containing a space, a full stop and some more
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| characters. These are for future expansion. Do not use them.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > E: zcode-support: file-missing-in-md5sums etc/menu/zcode-support
> > E: zcode-support: file-missing-in-md5sums etc/zcode-support/interpreters
> > E: zcode-support: file-missing-in-md5sums etc/zcode-support/interpreters
> > E: strn: file-missing-in-md5sums etc/news/strn/default_topic
> > E: strn: file-missing-in-md5sums etc/news/strn/hier_groups
> > E: strn: file-missing-in-md5sums etc/news/strn/hier_groups
>
> These are deliberately left out of the md5sums file because they are
> conffiles.
[...]
I agree here.
> In fact, I'm not sure why you're checking for this anyway... md5sums
> files are not yet Policy, are they?
Nope, but it makes sense to check them, certain versions of debmake
produced broken md5sums files (quelle suprise).
> > E: strn: old-fsf-address
>
> In the /usr/doc/*/copyright, I suppose? In that file, I report what
> the copyrights and licences actually ARE. I should not change them
> from what the author(s) wrote.
Why not? It's just standard GPL blurb, and adapting it for Debian
makes a lot of sense; check out the copyright file for hello:
| You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
| with your Debian GNU/Linux system, in /usr/doc/copyright/GPL, or
| with the Debian GNU/Linux hello source package as the file COPYING.
| If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
| Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
That to me is a Good thing to do. And why not fix the address? Why
deliberately leave a known-to-be incorrect address in a copyright
file? For kicks and laughs from gratuitous user-antagonism? (Not
that I know anyone who's written to the FSF asking for a copy of the
GPL, but still...)
> This should therefore be downgraded to a warning, or dropped
> altogether.
I disagree.
--
James
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