Bug#898759: should report UNRELEASED in a NEWS.Debian file

To: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>, 898759@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#898759: should report UNRELEASED in a NEWS.Debian file
From: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 21:44:41 +0100
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tags 898759 + moreinfo
thanks

Hi Marc,

> lintian should report if the NEWS.Debian file contains UNRELEASED in the
> top line as a warning.

Does Lintian not do this already? For example:

  https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-news-entry-has-strange-distribution.html

We also check for mismatches in the distribution and priority between
debian/changelog.


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