Bug#454723: false positive: perl-package-should-be-section-perl dh-make-perl

[Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org>]

Damyan Ivanov dijo [Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 12:31:34PM +0200]:
> Lintian reports the following on dh-make-perl:
> 
>  W: dh-make-perl: perl-package-should-be-section-perl dh-make-perl
> (...)
> I am unsure if
>  a) an override is in order; or
>  b) lintian should "whitelist" dh-make-perl for this check; or
>  c) lintian should check only for packages named lib*-perl

I'd go for c) - The fact that a package uses a specific language for
its implementation (and its developer often states so in the package
name itself) does not mean the package in any way enhances the
language or provides resources for it or its programmers.

OTOH... I am uncertain regarding dh-make-perl's section - Of course, a
good criteria is to follow dh-make's section - but dh-make is a much
more generic tool, while dh-make-perl _is_ aimed at providing
resources to Perl programmers (or packagers, at least).

Greetings,

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