Re: Backport for youtube-dl
On 2014-03-14 09:13, Micha Lenk wrote:
> Hi Vincent,
>
> On 13.03.2014 21:06, Vincent Cheng wrote:
>>> Lintian complained about a missing NMU so I thought I had to add it.
>>
>> That lintian warning can be safely ignored, AFAIK.
>
> Yes, in fact a backport is not a NMU (unless you want to go nitpicking).
> So I totally understand why Pierre Rudloff was adding a NMU entry in
> debian/changelog, even though it is a backport.
>
> Maybe Lintian maintainers (added to CC) can tweak that check a bit so
> that it doesn't issue NMU missing warnings in case of backports?! Or
> that it suggests to add the backporter to Uploaders: for the backport?
>
> Cheers,
> Micha
>
>
Hi,
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.
~Niels
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