Dear QA and Lintian people, While observing the lintian sources, I observed that Dep.pm has hard coded package names for all the obsolete, essential packages etc. I was wondering, why are these lists not generated at runtime? One reason could be that I can't trust that the source of the data on the system is reliable, as it may be absent/stale/unreliable. Is there any other reason? In particular, if some package enters or leaves a black/whitelist, wouldn't a new lintian version be warranted in the current scheme of things? Thanks! Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
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