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missing-debian-watch-file-standard

The debian/watch file in this package doesn't start a version= line. The first non-comment line of debian/watch should be a version= declaration. This may mean that this is an old version one watch file that should be updated to the current version.

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The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163. That is the most recent version we know about.

We use semantic versions. The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the 2.112.0 release tag in our Git repository.

You can find the detection logic for this version at commit 02df726. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check debian/watch/standard.

Visibility: warning

Renamed from:
  • debian-watch-file-missing-version

The following 15 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 15 times (in any Lintian version).

We found 2 overrides. The tag performed 87% of the time.