Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> writes: > Let me first say exactly what change I'd recommend: > > - out-of-date-standards-version should be I: or P: instead of W: > - ancient-standards-version should remain W: > - ancient-standards-version should be triggered when S-V contains a > release of Policy from the previous stable release cycle > > The third point is mostly covered already because our stable release > cycles are roughly two years, but possibly there is a better mechanism.
This sounds good to me. > On the contrary, I argue that > - the only thing that should be /required/ when uploading a package is > making the package non-trivially better than the current version in > unstable > - updating S-V should never block uploading other improvements > - there are good reasons to release the Policy Manual frequently, and > this should not be blocked by the expectation that everyone respond to > those new versions in their very next uploads. Agreed. People who have time and motivation to polish their packages to perfection are probably already using --pedantic. As Princess Leia would say, the more lintian tightens its grip, the more maintainers will slip through its fingers. d