Bug#891231: lintian: Improve r-data-without-readme-source by comparing r-data filenames to README.source contents

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Subject: Bug#891231: lintian: Improve r-data-without-readme-source by comparing r-data filenames to README.source contents
From: Dylan Aïssi <bob.dybian@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:11:55 +0100
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Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.76
Severity: wishlist

Hi,
To improve the check r-data-without-readme-source and to avoid unmaintained README.source, lintian could check if the filename of all .RData files from a package are referenced into the README.source.

A simple example where it could be useful is: a new version of a package contains a new binary R data file, but if the maintainer does not update the README.source, lintian will no emits any tag whereas this binary is not properly describe.

Best,
Dylan

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