On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 12:55:36PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 05:26:35PM +0000, Sean Whitton wrote: > > IMO the point of the field is to ensure that you /don't/ have to upgrade > > to the latest version of Policy right away. It allows you to keep track > > of the version of Policy you are up-to-date with, so you can do it > > later/someone more interested in the changes can do it. > > > > I think that Lintian shouldn't warn about not using the latest > > Standards-Version; perhaps it should warn when you're using a really old > > one. > If S-V is declaring that the package conforms to some older version of the > policy then all the tools should check that package against that policy > and not against the latest one. No, they should not. S-V is a declaration to the packager of what version they have done the work to update to, but the policy that the package should comply with is still the most current one and the tools should facilitate that. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature