Bug#877802: lintian: Please include file name and line number in output

[Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com>]

Hi Chris,

On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 12:43 PM Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> wrote:
>
> (FYI there's a wishlist bug somewhere requesting machine-readable
> output in a format such as JSON/Yaml/etc. where the fields are
> consistent and named reliably)

>From my perspective it is a different, although perhaps more helpful
item. Machine readable output is coming soon. I need it for something
too.

Mentioning source files and line numbers, on the other hand, requires
a retooling in most checks. I may provide the infrastructure, but
getting that information consistently right is challenging, especially
in checks looking at installation (deb) packages.

Kind regards,
Felix Lechner