Re: Question about watch-file
Russ Allbery wrote:
> Patrick Schoenfeld <schoenfeld@in-medias-res.com> writes:
>
>> Well, the problem with your solution is that you silence an indicator
>> for a problem anyway. Someone who looks at the lintian status of the
>> package can do this from the outside and can decide to act upon. If you
>> add a comment in a watch file then you have a comment in a hidden place
>> for a lot of people who could potential fix the problem. They would need
>> to look *into* that specific package, which is unlikely.
>
> This is a problem that can be easily fixed if desired by, for instance,
> having the Debian External Health Status system extract watch files
> containing only comments and put the text of the comments up on the DEHS
> web site.
Is that a feature request? it sounds like one :)
Implemented:
http://dehs.alioth.debian.org/report.php?package=lojban-common
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