Bug#797178: lintian.d.o: report for Debian-Med Packaging Team is virtually empty

["Dr. Tobias Quathamer" <toddy@debian.org>]

Am 14. Januar 2016 23:17:57 MEZ, schrieb Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>:
>Jakub Wilk:
>> Control: tags -1 + patch
>> 
>> * Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>, 2016-01-14, 18:12:
>>> I've now discovered how to "fix" this: Lintian seems to use the
>>> maintainer's name for collecting the HTML output. If the name
>differs
>>> between packages, lintian silently discards those reports with other
>>> names, although the e-mail address stays the same.
>> 
>> Aha, thanks for the hint!
>> 
>
>Indeed, many thanks for that hint.
>
>> Actually, there's already code to deal with different names for the
>same
>> e-mail address, but AFAICS it was only applied to Maintainer, not to
>> Uploaders.
>> 
>> The attached patch should fix the problem. (Unfortunately I have no
>idea
>> how to test it...)
>> 
>
>There is only one way to test it: "apply it to production and watch the
>world burn!"
>
>I have applied directly on lindsay.d.o.  If it works, tomorrow's report
>will show up correctly.  If it fails miserably, the old report will
>stay
>live.
>
>Thanks,
>~Niels

Hi all,

thanks a lot for the quick patch and test drive on lintian.d.o. The HTML output is fine now, I think you can apply the patch to the git repository and close this bug.

Regards,
Tobias