Bug#449477: lintian: When network is detected, test the watch file using uscan
retitle 449477 [external] check watch files with uscan
tags 449477 wontfix
thanks
Francois Marier <francois@debian.org> writes:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 1.23.36
> Severity: wishlist
> It would be nice if lintian would run the watch file through "uscan" to
> make sure the URL and href are spelled right.
> I'm sure there are a few packages with broken watch files (I have a few
> myself) and this would help bring that number down.
lintian by design doesn't refer to any external sources of information.
This is a requirement for stability of results: the same version of
lintian (with the same version of dependencies) run on the same package
always returns the same result. There is certainly a place for other QA
tools that don't have this restriction, but for lintian we've made a
conscious choice to restrict it to standalone package checking.
I've saved all the bugs filed against lintian in this category tagged
wontfix so that others can work on other tools, or so that later
maintainers can change their mind. I'll do the same with this one.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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