Bug#492314: lintian: build depends on -1 revisions are fine
Bernd Zeimetz <bzed@debian.org> writes:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 1.24.2
> Severity: normal
>
> W: libapache2-mod-python source: build-depends-on-1-revision
> build-depends: apache2-threaded-dev (>= 2.2.3-1)
>
> While itis common to start packages / new verisons with a revision of
> -1, there're also enough examples of the usage of -0 or similar
> constructs.
> According to policy this is fine, too, so lintian should not complain
> here. I'd suggest change the warning into informational output, as it
> indeed happends that there're are build-deps containing an unnecessary
> revision.
Lintian doesn't warn only about things that are Policy violations.
This could be one of the exceptions due to the experimental upload, but at
this point, being sure to rule out an upload that only went to
experimental nearly two years ago doesn't seem particularly compelling.
(Indeed, at this point you could drop the version qualification entirely,
given that the version is older than the one in stable. After the lenny
release, it's definitely historical.)
I suppose we could add an exception for apache2-threaded-dev, but it
doesn't really seem worth it. This check has been very useful for making
backports easier and it's rare that it's wrong to drop the -1 in the
version number.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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