Hi,
For statistics purposes, a classification tag was added instead:
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/commit/97120d0ce3cb30681238dd034f2c3053902b1f8b
> Please add check for debian/watch to (warn?) that there is new version
> of the uscan standard available.
Lintian already complains if the version is unknown or missing.
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/blob/master/checks/debian/watch.pm#L100-104
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/blob/master/checks/debian/watch.pm#L106-107
> And I don't see much point regarding warning about version 2 watch files as
> there is no plan to deprecate it any time soon.
While version 2 is unpopular, it has not been formally declared
obsolete. Version 1 was not actually specified, so that case falls
under 'missing'. There are currently no outdated versions.
Kind regards,
Felix
