Bug#886258: Clarify whether or not the Standards-Version field must be present, or lower Lintian tag severity

To: 886258@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Subject: Bug#886258: Clarify whether or not the Standards-Version field must be present, or lower Lintian tag severity
From: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 19:33:31 +0100
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Reply-to: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>, 886258@bugs.debian.org
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tags 886258 + moreinfo
thanks

Dear Sean,

> Either Policy should mandate this field, or it should not be a Lintian
> error when it is not present.

Any update on this? It is somewhat tempting to re-assign this to Policy
alone until there is a resolution there. What say you? :)


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