Bug#916877: lintian: check that 1.2-3~debXuY changelog stanza follows a 1.2-3 changelog stanza

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 07:23:12PM +0000, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Hi Salvatore,
> 
> > IIRC this particular change was actually not based on a rebuild of the
> > unstable's one but an import of 3.4.2 on top of the previous stretch
> > packaging.
> 
> Getcha. This sounds like a case that is special enough that it is fine
> for Lintian to warn about normally, no?
> 
> (I mean, IMHO it's actually sometimes nice to see a Lintian warning
> when you are know you are doing something slightly out of the
> ordinary, if only for the confirmation that you are doing it as you
> intend.)

yes sure probably yes. I just wanted to hilight that this was such a
case where it was not based on a rebuild of the upper suite version.

Thanks for your work on lintian!

Regards,
Salvatore