Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about
latest policy version"):
> Let me first say exactly what change I'd recommend:
> - out-of-date-standards-version should be I: or P: instead of W:
> - ancient-standards-version should remain
tags 886219 + pending
thanks
This has been committed in Git, pending upload within a few days:
https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=3c83a65d8f4a055eced5c254dac048a61bbdc2bc
Best wishes,
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On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 11:05:09PM +, Chris Lamb wrote:
> > > - ancient-standards-version should be triggered when S-V contains a
> > > release of Policy from the previous stable release cycle
> > This sounds good to me.
reading this once again I'm reminded that this feeds the notion that ou
Chris Lamb writes:
> Same here Is this the consensus view? If so, I can go ahead and make
> the change.
It seems like the right change to me. There's a fair amount of background
complaining about updating S-V, and if we ask people to do it less often,
maybe that will die down a bit.
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Hi all,
> > - ancient-standards-version should be triggered when S-V contains a
> > release of Policy from the previous stable release cycle
> >
[…]
> This sounds good to me.
Same here Is this the consensus view? If so, I can go ahead and make
the change.
Best wishes,
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Hello Bill,
On Wed, Jan 03 2018, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Standards-Version is purely informational. All packages are expected
> to comply with the latest policy, and respectively, when policy
> changes are proposed, we are careful to check what packages are
> impacted and what should be done abou
Sean Whitton writes:
> Let me first say exactly what change I'd recommend:
>
> - out-of-date-standards-version should be I: or P: instead of W:
> - ancient-standards-version should remain W:
> - ancient-standards-version should be triggered when S-V contains a
> release of Policy from the previ
On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 02:24:46PM +, Sean Whitton wrote:
> control: severity -1 normal
>
> Thanks for summarising exactly when these tags are triggered, Mattia.
>
> Let me first say exactly what change I'd recommend:
>
> - out-of-date-standards-version should be I: or P: instead of W:
> - a
Hello Mattia,
Thanks for your reply.
On Wed, Jan 03 2018, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
>> ISTM that requiring maintainers to check packages against the
>> upgrading checklist before they can upload other improvements is an
>> example of requiring prerequisite work of volunteers that is not
>> needed fo
Control: forecemerge -1 886210
Control: tag -1 pending
the previous merge from Holger failed due to mismatching severities.
On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 02:24:46PM +, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Mattia and I are in significant disagreement over this and both feel
> quite strongly about the topic (hence
control: severity -1 normal
Hello,
Thank you for filing this bug, Holger.
Mattia and I are in significant disagreement over this and both feel
quite strongly about the topic (hence the severity bump -- I think this
moderately important for Debian). In this e-mail I want to lay out in
full detai
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