Bug#658435: cross check changelog against bts for bug status

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

forcemerge 322657 658435
thanks

On 2012-02-03 00:15, D Haley wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Severity: wishlist
> Version: 2.5.4
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I recently made an error in a package I maintain, where I swapped two digits in the bug; i.e. instead of closing 123, I closed 213. Fortunately, the other bug was not affected as it was already closed.
> 
> I have seen the error before on a mailing list (debian-science), and am thus suggesting that it could be possible for lintian to query the BTS to determine if the following two scenarios exist:
> 
> 1) Bug exists if closing (Error if not exists)
> 2) Bug is not closed (Error if already closed)
> 3) Bug is owned by current package (warning?)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 

Hi,

Thanks for the report and the idea, unfortunately we will not implement
such a check.  The issue is that it goes against some of the fundamental
design choices of Lintian (see #322657).

~Niels