Source: lintian Version: 2.5.66 I think it's time for Lintian to warn about Vcs fields other than Git.
It looks like this was mentioned at https://bugs.debian.org/884503 but no separate bug was filed for it. That bug points to https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/12/msg00383.html . I think the impression there was that it wasn't important enough to add to lintian then. An important difference now is that the Debian project plans to stop offering any active VCS hosting except for git soon. Here's some wording suggestions. Feel free to modify. Modify vcs-field-bitrotted (warning) Any *.debian.org repo except salsa.debian.org All version control system hosting provided by Debian is expected to become read-only on 1 May 2018 except for git hosting at https://salsa.debian.org/ . For more information, see https://wiki.debian.org/Salsa . Add vcs-field-other-than-git (warning or info) After 1 May 2018, Debian will not offer any version control system hosting other than git. While maintainers are free to use other version control systems hosted elsewhere, most potential contributors are familiar with git. Thanks, Jeremy Bicha
