This bug is fixed in 2.5.0~rc1ubuntu1.
lintian (2.5.0~rc1ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low
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* Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
- Don't warn about a symlinked changelog file in Ubuntu due to CDBS.
- checks/init.d: fix LP: #496798 again; upstream only took part of our
Matthew Paul Thomas writes:
> Unfortunately, "allows one to" isn't appropriate for a package
> description either, unless it's a package intended for use only by the
> Queen of England. Take the first example: "look at `memtester', which
> allows one to test your memory within Linux". Allows one
Unfortunately, "allows one to" isn't appropriate for a package
description either, unless it's a package intended for use only by the
Queen of England. Take the first example: "look at `memtester', which
allows one to test your memory within Linux". Allows one what to test
your memory? Allows anyon
Hi
I have just committed a patch to Lintian's VCS[1] for this issue. I
used "allows one to" as correction based on a debate with the Lintian
maintainers[2].
Thanks for the report.
~Niels
[1]
http://git.debian.org/?p=lintian/lintian.git;a=commitdiff;h=ba2d36f8b01f6db1bd12e14fe1ce798cdc7d5aa4
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There is no one correction that will work in every case.
Sometimes, the appropriate correction is "lets you". For example:
Package: memtest86+
look at `memtester', which lets you test a computer's memory within Linux,
Package: python-gnomeapplet
This module lets you write applets for the
Packag
Hey,
Sounds like a decent idea. Do you have any suggestions for a correction?
~Niels
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Title:
"allows to" in package descriptions not caught by l
