Bug#1021207: lintian: Please reconsider the type and size of field-too-long

[Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2022 19:57:36 +0200 Mathias Behrle <mbehrle@debian.org> wrote:
> So I am asking for re-evaluation and/or advice
>
> - if this limitation still stands?

I think the logic behind the tag is still sound. IMO, very long fields 
should raise some kind of flag since it's unusual (although it can be 
warranted, in which case, an override should be used).

> - if the former is true this shouldn't be rather a warning than an
>   error?

Agreed. I'll make a patch.

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