Bug#758425: lintian: add a check for outdated version constraints
On Fri, 29 Aug 2014, Johannes Schauer wrote:
> - only check the manual dependencies from debian/control (and not those
> generated by dpkg-shlibdeps because those are legit)
Definitely.
> - restrict the set of packages for which to warn to those that have to be
> translated (compilers). The warning could then point out that the developer
> can either drop the versioned dependency or format the build dependencies so
> that they get properly translated during cross compilation.
>
> Would this course of action be acceptible?
I'd say yes but I don't know how you define the set of packages. How can
lintian know if a package is a compiler?
> This also means that fixing this bug has to wait until cross compiler
> translation arrives in main.
Not sure I understand what this means. Perhaps it refers to some
meta-information that will help to identify the compilers?
Cheers,
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