Bug#953554: Please permit Debian revisions with 1.0 native packages

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Package: lintian
Version: 2.55.0

I am packaging a small program for which I am the upstream.  It does
not make sense to use a complicated source format; 1.0 native is
perfect.

Even though I am both upstream and Debian maintainer, this is not a
Debian-specific package and it might have both (i) changes in Debian
that have no upstream implications and (ii) changes upstream that
affect more than Debian.

A non-native version is the best way to reflect that.

However,

E: chiark-tcl-applet source: malformed-debian-changelog-version 1.0-1~
(for native)

For the reasons above I disagree with calling this an error.
Previously it was a warning.  (Full disclosure: I know the dpkg
maintainer disagrees with my position here.)

Ian.

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