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Bug#491685: marked as done (debian-copyright-line-too-long is inconvenient)

Your message dated Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:32:02 +0000
with message-id <E1KRxuk-0006I0-Vh@ries.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#491685: fixed in lintian 1.24.2.1
has caused the Debian Bug report #491685,
regarding debian-copyright-line-too-long is inconvenient
to be marked as done.

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Package: lintian
Version: 1.24.2
Severity: wishlist

W: openssh-client: debian-copyright-line-too-long line 210
W: openssh-client: debian-copyright-line-too-long line 212
W: openssh-client: debian-copyright-line-too-long line 215

I think the addition of this check was a bad idea. From my point of
view, I now need to reindent the file, which in many cases might be
difficult to do automatically (copyright files often cut-and-paste
comment blocks from code). The lines in question are literal
transcriptions from the upstream source, which in themselves are less
than 80 characters with the addition of some indentation on the front to
highlight different licences.

I'm aware of many packages that maintain their copyright file
semi-automatically by including files shipped by upstream, and it seems
to me that attempting to reformat these on the fly is going to be more
trouble than it's worth.

lintian-info refers me to policy 12.5, but that policy section says
nothing about line lengths, nor indeed does anything in chapter 12.

Thanks,

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]

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Source: lintian
Source-Version: 1.24.2.1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lintian, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

lintian_1.24.2.1.dsc
  to pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2.1.dsc
lintian_1.24.2.1.tar.gz
  to pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2.1.tar.gz
lintian_1.24.2.1_all.deb
  to pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2.1_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 491685@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org> (supplier of updated lintian package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:31:26 -0300
Source: lintian
Binary: lintian
Architecture: source all
Version: 1.24.2.1
Distribution: testing
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
Changed-By: Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
Description: 
 lintian    - Debian package checker
Closes: 491302 491365 491685
Changes: 
 lintian (1.24.2.1) testing; urgency=high
 .
   The "for the sake of lenny users" release.
 .
   * checks/copyright-file{,.desc}:
     + [ADB] Drop the "copyright line too long" check.  Most of the issues
       it flags aren't easily fixable, particularly where the copyright file
       is (semi)automatically generated.  (Closes: #491302, #491365, #491685)
 .
   * debian/postrm:
     + [FL] Do not try to remove /var/spool/lintian if it doesn't exist
       (dpkg might already removed it at this point).
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