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Bug#1001458: lintian: tag prefer-uscan-symlink has bad name and may be wrong

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Hi,

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 6:28 AM Yadd <yadd@debian.org> wrote:
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> Multiple-Upstream-Tarballs package (from uscan(1) sorry ;-))

Thanks for the explanation! I'll return the favor: In Lintian, we call
them "sources with multiple orig components".

On a related note, we generally do not use "packages" to refer to
sources (our website is a notable exception). We usually eschew the
barebones moniker altogether. In Lintian, installable packages are
exactly that, and sources are sources.

As an aside, I have been accused of reinventing terminology, but it's
really helped Lintian to keep apart things that otherwise sound too
similar. In my defense, I developed a low tolerance for confusion when
trying to navigate, on a visit, Atlanta's 71 streets named
"Peachtree". [1] Just as Debian is recognized for its great packages,
peaches are a famous product of Georgia!

Kind regards
Felix Lechner

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peachtree_Street#Nomenclature

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Bug#1001458: lintian: tag prefer-uscan-symlink has bad name and may be wrong Yadd <yadd@debian.org> - 2021-12-10 15:10 +0100
  Bug#1001458: lintian: tag prefer-uscan-symlink has bad name and may be wrong Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2021-12-10 15:40 +0100
    Bug#1001458: lintian: tag prefer-uscan-symlink has bad name and may be wrong Yadd <yadd@debian.org> - 2021-12-10 15:40 +0100
      Bug#1001458: lintian: tag prefer-uscan-symlink has bad name and may be wrong Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2021-12-10 16:10 +0100
        Bug#1001458: lintian: tag prefer-uscan-symlink has bad name and may be wrong Yadd <yadd@debian.org> - 2021-12-10 16:40 +0100

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