Bug#907667: lintian: should html escape output if --color=html is used

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

Chris Lamb:
> Hi Niels,
> 
>> Any reason for introducing the CGI dependency over simply applying the
>> same escape rules for the $information variable?
> 
> Only because well-used libraries are preferred, particularly for data
> sanitisation (!) operations.
> 
> Is the extra dependency problematic? We use some far-more esoteric
> libraries than CGI, so I did not think it would be an issue.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 

If we are consistent with how we perform the quoting, I do not mind the
extra dependency.  Particularly because it should be doable to reduce it
to a suggests given --color=html is not a default (which we can add
later if relevant).

Though, reminder - if you introduce a new dependency, you will have to
get DSA to install it on lindsay.d.o before you can upgrade lintian there.

Thanks,
~Niels