forcemerge 322657 658435 thanks On 2012-02-03 00:15, D Haley wrote: > Package: lintian > Severity: wishlist > Version: 2.5.4 > > Hello, > > I recently made an error in a package I maintain, where I swapped two digits > in the bug; i.e. instead of closing 123, I closed 213. Fortunately, the other > bug was not affected as it was already closed. > > I have seen the error before on a mailing list (debian-science), and am thus > suggesting that it could be possible for lintian to query the BTS to > determine if the following two scenarios exist: > > 1) Bug exists if closing (Error if not exists) > 2) Bug is not closed (Error if already closed) > 3) Bug is owned by current package (warning?) > > Thanks. > > >
Hi, Thanks for the report and the idea, unfortunately we will not implement such a check. The issue is that it goes against some of the fundamental design choices of Lintian (see #322657). ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
