Bug#479651: lintian: Should catch long lines

[Antony Gelberg <antony.gelberg@wayforth.co.uk>]

Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> retitle 479651 [checks/copyright-file] warn about overly long lines
> thanks
>
> On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 11:48:43PM +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> > It would be nice if lintian notified the user about long (non-wrapped) 
> > lines in relevant files such as debian/copyright and debian/control.
>
> There are already checks for overly long lines in changelogs and
> the Description field (i.e. control).

So, to confirm, if a check could be added for the copyright file, that 
would be great.

Antony