Bug#543260: Please revisit or temper "patch-system-but-no-source-readme" tag
Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> writes:
> Can we revisit the addition of the "patch-system-but-no-source-readme"
> warning?
> I feel that assuming that all packages that use a patch system require a
> README.source is damaging to the concept of README.source. As the
> archive grows more boilerplate descriptions on how to invoke quilt et
> al, I fear maintainers will simply not bother to consult this file when
> examining a package.
We can't just in Lintian because this is a Policy requirement and hence
isn't something that Lintian should second-guess. The Policy requirement
was specifically intended to require every package that uses a patch
system to include a README.source, so this isn't a misinterpretation of
Policy. Lintian is warning about exactly what Policy was intended to
require.
It may well be that the Policy dictate is wrong, and that should be
discussed, but as part of that process. Could you either transfer this
bug to Policy or open a new Policy bug (in which case I'll block this one
on the Policy bug)?
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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