On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 05:30:32AM +0100, gregor herrmann wrote: > > > > * debian-watch-does-not-check-openpgp-signature > > > I disagree. > > Hmm ok, let's keep this one then. > :sadface: > > I think this is the lintian tag I hate the most, because (Meta)CPAN doesn't > support signatures, so I'm seeing this tag for each and every update of a > Perl package, and I can't do anything about it. (I do get your sad face but) surely you can override those? As I see it, it's sad that (Meta)CPAN doesnt sign the releases, but that should not cause everybody else to do have equally poor practices?!? > I remember the times when I had "lintian-clean" packages, and required this > from new contributors. This ended with the invention of > debian-watch-does-not-check-openpgp-signature (and since then many other > questionable/unactionable tags). but why? Adding a line to debian/source/lintian-overrides aint hard, or? (even if one has to do it for all 3000 perl packages, and especially then, this can be scripted, no?) > Oh, and thanks for this cleanup initiative, which seems to go in the > direction of making me a more happy lintian user again :) indeed! I also want to be a clean happy lintian user! :) -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(debian|reproducible-builds|layer-acht).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ OpenPGP: B8BF54137B09D35CF026FE9D 091AB856069AAA1C ⠈⠳⣄ Make facts great again.
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