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Bug#897082: lintian: Please do not warn about debian-watch-uses-insecure-uri for ftp:// URIs



Chris Lamb:
> Hi Andreas,
> 
>> [...]
> ... which does seem to cover the ftp:// case. Perhaps you were
> thinking of something like:
> 
>  The watch file uses an unencrypted transport protocol for the
>  URI such as http:// or ftp://. It is recommended to use a secure
>  transport such as HTTPS for anonymous read-only access.
> 

Perhaps "... such as HTTPS or FTPS (FTP + TLS) for anonymous read-only
access." would help cover the FTP-case?

Thanks,
~Niels


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