Bug#807461: lintian: check years in debian/copyright are not in the future

2017-07-19 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 807461 + pending thanks Fixed in Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=9689d3c64c75162381539826953facc36f263d64 Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb, Debian Project Leader `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-

Bug#807461: lintian: check years in debian/copyright are not in the future

2016-08-26 Thread Chris Lamb
> Checking for dates newer than top changelog entry would be probably > better. Sure, I was just curious about the policy. Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-

Bug#807461: lintian: check years in debian/copyright are not in the future

2016-08-26 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Chris Lamb , 2016-08-26, 10:42: check years in debian/copyright are not in the future What's the general lintian policy on its output changing over time? Lintian User's Manual §1.3 says: “Checks should not rely on […] the system time.” (Admittedly, Lintian doesn't perfectly adhere to this

Bug#807461: lintian: check years in debian/copyright are not in the future

2016-08-26 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 10:42:23AM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > > check years in debian/copyright are not in the future > > What's the general lintian policy on its output changing over time? For > example, if this was based on the current year, then running Lintian today > would provide different r

Bug#807461: lintian: check years in debian/copyright are not in the future

2016-08-26 Thread Chris Lamb
> check years in debian/copyright are not in the future What's the general lintian policy on its output changing over time? For example, if this was based on the current year, then running Lintian today would provide different results than it would on, for example, January 1st 2017. Clearly, chec

Bug#807461: lintian: check years in debian/copyright are not in the future

2015-12-09 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Jakub Wilk , 2015-12-09, 11:17: I found a git commit in one of the d-i packages that fixed the copyright year, changing it from 2103 to 2013. This wasn't in debian/copyright but it would be great if lintian could catch such typos in debian/copyright. Heh, I found these: https://sources.deb

Bug#807461: lintian: check years in debian/copyright are not in the future

2015-12-09 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Paul Wise , 2015-12-09, 11:45: I found a git commit in one of the d-i packages that fixed the copyright year, changing it from 2103 to 2013. This wasn't in debian/copyright but it would be great if lintian could catch such typos in debian/copyright. Heh, I found these: https://sources.debi

Bug#807461: lintian: check years in debian/copyright are not in the future

2015-12-08 Thread Paul Wise
Package: lintian Severity: wishlist I found a git commit in one of the d-i packages that fixed the copyright year, changing it from 2103 to 2013. This wasn't in debian/copyright but it would be great if lintian could catch such typos in debian/copyright. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/Pau