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Bug#829047: lintian: javalib-but-no-public-jars for transitional packages



On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> wrote:
> I fear you may have a bug in your package.  A transitional package
> should use "transitional package" and not "transitional dummy package"
> in their description.

Maybe you missed this commit?

https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=6c531ba

The short description does include "transitional package". I like the
idea of getting rid of the unnecessary "dummy" so perhaps that could
be an additional lintian check?

We'd also need to update https://wiki.debian.org/Renaming_a_Package

Jeremy


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