Bug#472499: lintian: please warn about obsolete v1 watch files
Package: lintian
Version: 1.23.46
Severity: wishlist
It would be nice if lintian warned about v1 watch files which are considered
obsolete.
The following regex could be used to detect: a) obsolete watch files b) watch
files of an unknown version:
m/^version\s*=\s*(\d+)(\s|$)/
The value in $1 can, atm, be either 2 or 3; if failed to match that regex it
is very likely it is a v1 watch file, to make sure it is all that needs to be
done is strip comments (s/^#.*//g) and then check if there's any line with
real content ([a-zA-Z.\-/0-9] ...) left.
TIA.
Sincerely,
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