Bug#1054897: lintian: Also warn about later switches to date-based versioning schemes
Package: lintian
Version: 2.116.3
Severity: wishlist
Dear maintainers,
at present Lintian only emits the tag "new-package-uses-date-based-version-number" if
- a date-based versioning scheme is used for the latest changelog entry and
- the number of changelog entries is one.
I think it would be better to emit it if
- a date-based versioning scheme is used for the latest changelog entry and
- the number of changelog entries with a date-based versioning scheme is one.
One might also consider adapting the tag name to reflect the change of logic.
The background of this request is a discussion on the security tools mailing list [0]
which made me aware that the present rule set offers a loophole.
Best regards,
Peter
[0] https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-tools/2023/10/msg00009.html
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