On Thu, 22 May 2025 21:26:06 +0300 =?UTF-8?Q?Martin=2D=C3=89ric_Racine?=
<martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi> wrote:
to 22.5.2025 klo 21.18 Louis-Philippe Véronneau (po...@debian.org) kirjoitti:
>
> On 2025-05-22 1 h 02 p.m., Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > to 22.5.2025 klo 16.51 Louis-Philippe Véronneau (po...@debian.org)
kirjoitti:
> >> Bug #1105037 in lintian reported by you has been fixed in the
> >> Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
> >> message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:
> >>
> >>
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/commit/bff519e31ffab9dddb074357b8975f9b246b4605
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Downgrade non-virtual-facility-in-initd-script to warning
> >>
> >> As pointed in the bug report, the tag says this SHOULD be done, not that
> >> it MUST.
> >>
> >> Closes: #1105037
> >
> > Can you point to a Policy item that is phrased as SHOULD or SHOULD NOT for
this?
> >
> > Martin-Éric
> >
>
> I do not, but then again not all Lintian tags have to be backed by
> Policy items. Some are also simply good practices that have been
> recommended for a while.
>
> This tag has been around since 2009 (implemented in
> d187e5b9bf8a319b757afc4d299835f41f18b5e5) and if you wish for us to
> reconsider its existence, we would need other arguments than just not
> being based on a Policy item.
I don't question the tag's existence. I question a severity level that
is not backed by Policy.
Martin-Éric
I'm not sure I fully understand your email then?
The bug report said the "Error" level was too high and it should be
"Warning" instead. I agreed and created a patch accordingly.
If you think that severity level isn't warranted, please tell me why.
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