Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Why do we list individual copyright holders?"):
> Our current culture under which many of us feel obligated to ensure our
> package uses the latest Standards-Version is problematic.I quite agree. > IMO the point of the field is to ensure that you /don't/ have to upgrade > to the latest version of Policy right away. It allows you to keep track > of the version of Policy you are up-to-date with, so you can do it > later/someone more interested in the changes can do it. > > I think that Lintian shouldn't warn about not using the latest > Standards-Version; perhaps it should warn when you're using a really old > one. I was surprised recently to see a lintian warning about a Standards-Version I had updated only a few months previously. But I'm a hardy soul who is quite prepared to see a warning and decide to ignore it :-). My view is that the purpose of a warning is to alert you to something, so you can decide what to do about it. That decision might well be "nothing right now" (or even "nothing, ever"). Ian. -- Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> These opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.
