Bug#642908: lintian: Add P: or X: check to recommend DEP 5 for debian/copyright
Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:
> Please add a check to recommend update old debian/copyright to DEP 5
> format.
I don't think this is appropriate, at least at this time. Some parts of
Debian really like the format, but other maintainers really don't, and
Lintian tries not to take a stance (even at the pedantic level) on issues
of ongoing controversy.
I think it would be appropriate to add such a check in the profiles of
specific packaging teams who want to use DEP-5 on all of their packages,
but not centrally in Lintian's default profiles.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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