Re: new set of changes
Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 20:45 -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote:
>
> A couple of comments from a very quick read-through.
>
>> +Tag: debian-watch-file-specifies-wrong-upstream-version
>> +Type: warning
>> +Ref: uscan(1)
>
> References are intended to be pointers to further information about the
> issue lintian is raising; I don't think referencing uscan(1) is
> appropriate here - nor for -old-upstream-version - as the conditions
> you're warning about aren't mentioned there.
Mentioned them to support what I said about not automagically mangling the
version.
>
>> +Info: The watch file specifies a upstream version which matches a
>> + <tt>debian/changelog</tt> entry and is very likely to be incorrect
> as no
>> + version mangling (unless specified via d/versionmangle) is done.
>
> "No version mangling is done, except possibly some using method X"? If
> the parenthesised section is worth mentioning, is it working checking
> for and using to help determine whether there's a problem?
Don't think there are any of those, but tomorrow morning I can try to
generate a list taking DEHS' data.
>
> Adam
Cheers,
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