On Thu, Dec 05, 2019 at 03:13:09PM -0800, Felix Lechner wrote:
>Hi Vincent,
>
>On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 2:32 PM McIntyre, Vincent (CASS, Marsfield)
><vincent.mcint...@csiro.au> wrote:
>>
>> + } elsif ($basename =~
>> m/^(?:.*\.)?(?:changelog|NEWS|TODO).[dD]ebian$/o) {
>
>My check does not currently implement the lowercase 'd'. Please let me
>know if you would like to have it.
I really don't know what's better. I lean toward adding it.
>> Do you think there should be some restriction to avoid this warning
>> when something other than debhelper is in use?
>
>On something like this, which is both useful and rare, I will wait for
>bug reports to complain.
Sounds like the right choice to me.
>> I'm not sure what that something other would be.
>
>There are other build systems. You can find a relative measure of
>their popularity on https://trends.debian.net/#build-systems.
>
>> - debian/README is ignored
>
>I am reluctant to do anything about it. Is the file sometimes used for
>unpublished developer notes?
I don't know, it seems possible. Now I'm reluctant too.
>> - debian/TODO gets shipped as /usr/share/doc/rkhunter/TODO.Debian,
>> ie not gzipped.
>> - debian/TODO.Debian is ignored.
>
>Thanks for looking into it. I also added TODO:
>
>
> https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/commit/54e2611c0a65d5377ddb0abb055b8105019e974b
>
>> This was debhelper 12.1.1~bpo9+1, if that matters.
>
>You may wish to amend #429510 with information about the new Lintian
>tags if they work for you. You could even mention the unison bug and
>gently remind the debhelper folks that the issue remains open.
>
Ok.
Regards
Vince
