Bug#959696: debian-rules-uses-as-needed-linker-flag and backports
On 2020-05-05 13:58, Chris Lamb wrote:
> I would like to do a Lintian release today, so given that a) I was led
> to believe skipping the tag for backports uploads would be sufficient
> and b) that I would not like to leave the resolution of this bug for
> another release, I would like to make the concrete proposal that we
> remove this tag (or possibly, mark it as pedantic, experimental, and
> add a suitable note to the long description). Would you concur?
By my gut, either marking it as experimental, or removing it and
re-adding it once bullseye becomes stable, are superior approaches to
marking it pedantic. Pedantic might still motivate, well, a pedant, to
change something.
Generally speaking, I found the tag informative, because I wasn't aware
of this new default setting in bullseye until lintian pointed this out
to me. It's just that a warning is a strong call to action.
Christian
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