Bug#909239: lintian: ancient-python-version-field is wrong

[Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>]

Chris Lamb wrote:

> > I found these warning very misleading, and IMO, they should be removed,
> 
> To clarify, by "these warnings" you mean the one emitted by py{,3}
> versions and not the Lintian warnings?
> 
> > Now, why exactly is your autopkgtests failing? This isn't clear at all
> > in your bug report.
> 
> Without the "allow-stderr" flag, autopkgtests will fail if they emit
> anything to standard error. If possible, it is best to leave this at
> the default as it catches various non-fatal errors that are worth
> knowing about.
> 
> (I am guessing that the py{,3} versions warning emits to this output
> stream and thus the apt (?) tests fail.)

Gentle ping on this?


Regards,

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