Bug#702671: please make missing-debian-source-format proper W

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

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On 2013-03-09 23:30, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.10.4
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> 
> missing-debian-source-format is currently hidden away as
> informational, although the large number of packages with
> this defect makes it almost impossible to switch dpkg-source
> to properly require that file. (And the 1.0 implied by
> the non-existance of that file means dpkg-source will not
> check anything but for example happily create native packages
> just because a .orig.tar file is missing, making this a very
> newbie-unfriendly situation).
> 
> Please switching back to W. Patch attached for convenience.
> 
> 	Bernhard R. Link
> 
> 
> [...]
> 

As I recall, when d/s/format was advertised as "soon-to-be-mandatory" it
caused quite a riot among some people.  Do we have any reason to believe
that has changed since then?
  As much as I agree with 1.0 being confusing for newbies, I would
rather like to avoid Lintian being in the center of a controversy.


For reference, the tag was downgraded in [1].  It does not have a bug
reference.

~Niels

[1] a61857305e8404dfb1a4a32e9f569eac12c2aeb2