Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Don Armstrong wrote: >> It's not really a bogus warning; the point of it is so that you're >> aware so that you can remind upstream not to distribute CVS files in >> their tarballs. > > Isn't getting nasty CVS directories in the source tree that you work > on while maintaining the package reminder enough that upstream neads > a cluebatting?
But lintian is not there to warn about unfixable problems with upstream. It is there to warn about *packaging mistakes*. It is not a packaging mistake to leave upstream's bogus CVS directories there; it is actually *required* by the tools. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
