Bug#317277: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-with-dh_make-boilerplate is overly nitpicky - please remove

["Thijs Kinkhorst" <kink@squirrelmail.org>]

On Fri, July 8, 2005 19:29, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> It points out a minor shortcomming in the phrasing of the text. Like
> people reporting typos or spelling mistakes. This is certainly no RC
> bug but something that is easily fixable and should be fixed non the
> less.

Well, it's not even a spelling mistake or a shortcoming. The text is valid
- only it could have been a tiny bit shorter. I don't see what value that
adds at all.

Let's remember that Lintian is a policy checker. Too many, too detailed
tests will reduce its usefulness and yielding spurious warnings erodes the
value of a warning. I could think of a thousand more tests (like
useful-spelled-as-usefull ;) but it's just not appropriate to add those to
lintian in my opinion.


regards,
Thijs