Bug#1000148: lintian: improbable-bug-number-in-closes needs updating
Re: Andrius Merkys
> improbable-bug-number-in-closes is false-positive now since bug numbers
> have just hit 1000000. The problem could be fixed (for example) by replacing
>
> max-bug = 1000000
>
> with
>
> max-bug = 2000000
>
> in /usr/share/lintian/data/changelog-file/bugs-number.
The overengineered solution would be to exploit the fact that bug
numbers are growing mostly linearly, and base the warning on the
current date.
https://wiki.debian.org/900000thBugContest
Christoph
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