Re: License entry in egg info files

[Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>]

Ben Finney wrote:
> Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> writes:
> 
>> Do you object to spelling-error-in-binary,
>> duplicated-key-in-desktop-entry, embedded-zlib, duplicate-font-file or
>> the other lintian tests that check upstream stuff?
> 
> I think they lead to widely-used, persistent overrides, and I think such
> overrides are an indicator that the specific check is inappropriate.

Usually an override is a fail in the maintainer's brain or a bug in lintian.
Only in rare cases overrides are the right way to go.


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