Re: Andrius Merkys > improbable-bug-number-in-closes is false-positive now since bug numbers > have just hit 1000000. The problem could be fixed (for example) by replacing > > max-bug = 1000000 > > with > > max-bug = 2000000 > > in /usr/share/lintian/data/changelog-file/bugs-number.
The overengineered solution would be to exploit the fact that bug numbers are growing mostly linearly, and base the warning on the current date. https://wiki.debian.org/900000thBugContest Christoph