Bug#542866: lintian: Check for PS and PDF files in source ..

Package: lintian
Version: 2.2.14
Severity: wishlist

Hi!

Can we have a check on lintian (at informational level) that verifies
if the source package has PS or PDF files, please?
This check would be valid only if the package has its section as main
(non-free can have files without the "source code").

It's annoying to get a REJECT because there is one single .ps file in
the source package (and it's easy to miss and/or forget to verify
these kind of files).
A lintian check for this would make things easier for everybody (the
uploader won't need to upload it again and FTP-masters won't need to
check it again too).

Thank you very much!

Best regards,
Nelson



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"Nelson A. de Oliveira" <naoliv.DeleteThis@debian.org> writes:

> Can we have a check on lintian (at informational level) that verifies if
> the source package has PS or PDF files, please? This check would be
> valid only if the package has its section as main (non-free can have
> files without the "source code").

I don't believe there's anything wrong with having PS and PDF files in the
source package provided that the source is also available. I have such
cases in my packages and have never had a problem.

I think it's going to be impossible for Lintian to figure out whether a
given PS or PDF file has source accompanying it.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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