Bug#906610: lintian should check that changes and changelog distribution are identical

[Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>]

tags 906610 + moreinfo
thanks

Hi Adrian,

> > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-changes/2018/08/msg00012.html
> > > 
> > > Distribution: stretch
> > >  python-stem (1.6.0-4~bpo9+1) stretch-backports; urgency=medium
> > 
> > Would this specific instance have been covered by #906155?
> 
> This specific instance, yes.
> 
> But not for example
> https://tracker.debian.org/news/978910/accepted-sane-backends-1027-1experimental6-source-into-unstable/

Gotcha.

Julien, thoughts on expanding your previous tag to catch ones like
this? I'm a little hesistant to simply warn on mismatching
distributions; I'm sure there are some fancy "tricks" done for security
foo that you might be aware of..


Regards,

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