Bug#1000452: please consider adding a warning for changelog in the past

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

Hi Marc,

On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 5:00 AM Marc Haber
<mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> wrote:
>
> Please have lintian issue a warning if the changelog date is like, more
> than a week in the past.

As a static analysis tool Lintian traditionally eschews tags that
depend externally on the current time or date. Those tags tend to be
hard to reproduce and, as a group, do not meet our stringent standards
for quality control.

Also, maintainers who find themselves in similar situations—possibly
due to a dislike of official tools—may also not be using Lintian.

Would it make more sense for 'dput' (or dupload) to issue the warning,
or perhaps even for the archive to reject the upload?

Kind regards
Felix Lechner