Re: Backport for youtube-dl

[Micha Lenk <micha@debian.org>]

Hi Niels,

On 2014-03-15 08:10, Niels Thykier wrote:
> I have long suggested that Lintian should have a "debian/backports"
> profile, which could ask Lintian to not emit tags about NMU or even
> standards-versions.  However, to this date, I do not recall ever seeing
> one nor have I met anyone willing to implement/maintain it.
> 
> It could even be extended to include a check for the notorious "Changes
> since stable missing in changes file. Did you forget -v?"-rejection.
> 
> If you are interested, feel free to supply a patch or follow up on the
> Lintian mailing list - I will gladly help you get started.

As I suggested to fix lintian for certain backport situations, I feel
somewhat challenged by your reply to also work on that. Can you please
give me some pointers how to get started?

I do not have much spare time left, so do not expect any results to soon...

Regards,
Micha