Bug#1000148: lintian: improbable-bug-number-in-closes needs updating

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

Hi,

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 8:42 AM Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> wrote:
>
> bug numbers are growing mostly linearly

Perhaps not surprising, people file slightly more bugs when the
economy is weak. (See chart in the attachments.)

> base the warning on the current date.

Unfortunately, that would make Lintian's output variable over time. Do
we really need the upper bound (or the whole tag)?

Kind regards
Felix Lechner

Attachment: Bug Number vs Filing Date.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document

Filing Date,Bug Number
11/12/99,"50,004"
06/07/01,"100,000"
06/14/02,"150,000"
07/04/03,"200,000"
05/20/04,"250,000"
03/17/05,"300,000"
01/26/06,"350,000"
11/23/06,"400,000"
11/07/07,"450,000"
09/24/08,"500,000"
10/06/09,"550,000"
10/12/10,"600,000"
11/25/11,"650,000"
02/07/13,"700,000"
05/31/14,"750,000"
09/25/15,"800,000"
01/03/17,"850,000"
05/24/18,"900,000"
01/28/20,"950,000"
11/18/21,"1,000,000"