Re: Bug#1014537: unnamed packaging files in a multibinary package should be an error
Hi,
> I am looking at making `debian/foo` an error by default in debhelper compat
> 15 (triggering a warning from compat 14).
Uargh, yet another bad decision which makes one want to no more using
debhelper. :-(
> > > This kind of packaging, with some packaging files under debian/ having an
> > > associated binary package name and some not, is an antipattern.
> >
> > +1
-1
> > (I also don't like packaging files without binary package name for
> > single-binary source package, but that's just a matter of taste.)
Exactly. I find it a very annoying nuisance to have to do that for
single binary packages.
> These have historically applied to all packages and it does not seem useful
> to force everyone to maintain N copies of {changelog,copyright,...}.
It also would probably violate the policy with regards to source packages.
> I have CC'ed lintian + lintian-brush on CC and cloned bugs for them. Having
> a lintian tag for them will enable the Janitor to help with the migration,
> so I agree we should have a lintian tag for this.
*sigh*
Regards, Axel
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