#1054897 lintian: Also warn about later switches to date-based versioning schemes

Package:
lintian
Source:
lintian
Submitter:
Peter Wienemann
Date:
2023-10-28 09:51:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1054897#5
Date:
2023-10-28 09:44:57 UTC
From:
To:
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