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upstream-metadata-file-is-missing

This source package is not Debian-native but it does not have a debian/upstream/metadata file.

The Upstream MEtadata GAthered with YAml (UMEGAYA) project is an effort to collect meta-information about upstream projects from any source package. This file is in YAML format and it is used in to feed the data in the UltimateDebianDatabase. For example, it can contains the way the authors want their software be cited in publications and some bibliographic references about the software.

Please add a debian/upstream/metadata file.

For more information please consult:

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 25e9483. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check debian/upstream/metadata.

This tag is experimental.

Visibility: pedantic

The following 19237 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 19237 times (in any Lintian version).

We found 54 overrides. The tag performed 100% of the time.