Bug#631656: lintian: Please consider a check for long source file names

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On 2011-06-25 21:37, Nicholas Bamber wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.0
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> As per bug #620827 we sometimes get complaints about long file names. This is related
> to the production of hard media, so it is an issue of substance. It seems that this should be
> a straightforward matter to check in lintian.
> 
> -- System Information:
> [...]
> 
> 
> 

Indeed, though ... as far as I read [1], long filenames for .deb files
are also a problem.  I sort of assume that .udebs should also be checked
here.  Steve, can you verify this or correct me?

For these CDs, are packages (debs) stored as they are on the mirror
(e.g. $pkg_$ver_$arch.{,u}deb)?  If so, I suspect the limit is really
more like 80 - length($longest_arch_name)

~Niels

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/03/msg00943.html