Hi Dmitry, Thanks for the patch.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 07:08:50PM +0000, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > diff --git a/fixers/out-of-date-standards-version.sh > b/fixers/out-of-date-standards-version.sh > new file mode 100755 > index 0000000..d8cda66 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/fixers/out-of-date-standards-version.sh > @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ > +#!/bin/sh > +sed -i '/^Standards-Version:/IcStandards-Version: 4.3.0' debian/control > +echo 'Update standards version, no changes needed.' > +echo 'Certainty: certain' > +echo 'Fixed-Lintian-Tags: out-of-date-standards-version' Standards-Version should reflect the latest version with which the package is compatible. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-standards-version Upgrading to a newer version should be safe only if we're sure that there are no changes needed because of changes in policy. Perhaps we could allow upgrades to a newer standards-versions if we've verified that all of the steps in the upgrade checklist are taken or irrelevant: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html#version-4-3-0 Jelmer
