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Re: RFS: wordgrinder



On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 17:49 +0000, Colin Tuckley wrote:

> > I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. It's very
> > nearly linda and lintian clean (linda complains about me using
> > Standards-Version 3.7.3, but if I use 3.7.2 then lintian complains that
> > I'm not using 3.7.3...), and it builds cleanly under pbuilder.
> 
> That is linda bug #454130

I stopped caring about linda problems a long time ago (uninstalled it).
Given that ftp-master have also now stopped caring about linda
"errors" (and omissions), IMHO if a package is lintian clean, any linda
errors are irrelevant. Equally, whether a package is "linda clean" is of
no consequence if lintian has cause for complaint.

I've recently removed some linda overrides from my packages and I don't
plan to use linda in any sponsoring. I wouldn't recommend that anyone
seeking sponsorship wastes any time "solving" linda errors as it has, in
my experience, been wildly inaccurate. There are quite enough things to
fix in packaging without chasing "linda ghosts".

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Neil Williams
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