Bug#873520: Check for bad distribution in d/changelog only when changes file is signed

["Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org>]

Felix Lechner wrote:


> > Did we get that logic right? Should Lintian perhaps complain instead
> > when analysing a changes file---which is clearly intended for
> > upload---versus a dsc file that can hold sources at any stage?
> 
> Forgive me. Our original idea works great. There is no way
> dpkg-buildpackage can do its job, and keep the source and the
> installation packages (the name binary is a misnomer) together,
> without producing a *.changes file even though it is unsigned. Lintian
> also could not analyze both in context without a changes file, even
> though it is unsigned and not intended for upload.

Thanks for soliciting my advice. However, I'm afraid I'm a little lost
in the details here and I probably won't be able to carve out the time
to absorb it all very soon, so I would just go ahead and merge if you
are confident enough so we keep up development momentum.


Best wishes,

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