Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.30-150-g79ba4df
Severity: normal
The parser for debian/copyright seems to be under heavy development.
Unfortunately I only learn about the (possible) problems after upload,
i.e. it is not possible to work on them in unstable and fix the issues
before upload.
Furthermore (and the core of this bug) is the problem that the emitted
errors are hard to understand, so uploads become something like trial
and error.
The two most recent occasions for me are
a) dep5-copyright-license-name-not-unique
cf. to
https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2015/03/msg00029.html for a
discussion and subsequent bug from Charles Plessy (#779676)
b) dep5-file-paragraph-reference-header
which I now receive after "fixing" the previous error.
I tried to understand the first sentence of the long description, but
failed:
One of the file paragraph reference in the license field a standalone
license defined in the header paragraph.
Also the second sentence is very long and quite difficult to
understand (at least for non native speakers).
In my opinion two actions should resolve this issue:
a) Provide lintian to unstable *before* using it to check uploaded
packages. This enables maintainers to upload lintian clean
packages.
b) Spend a little more time for the description of the tag.
c) Reword dep5-file-paragraph-reference-header, possibly using simpler
english and several sentences.
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