Bug#472513: lintian: please warn when date in latest changelog entry (except for binNMUs) is more recent than the latest standards version publication date

["Raphael Geissert" <atomo64@gmail.com>]

On 17/04/2008, Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:17:09PM -0600, Raphael Geissert wrote:
>  > I'm aware of the out-of-date-standards-version check, the main point of this
>  > new check is that it would only be triggered if an old standards version is
>  > used even when the date in the latest changelog entry is more recent than the
>  > date of publication of the standards.
>
>  I really fail to see the difference.


The difference consists on being able to tell 'maintainer John Doe has
uploaded a package with an old standards version, why did he do
that?'.
The out-of-date-standards-version check can't tell that.

>
>  Gruesse,
>
> --
>  Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
>  www: http://www.djpig.de/
>

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