Bug#903220: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl: Please change policy to current version of debian policy in sid

[Andreas Tille]

On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 08:08:21PM +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote:
> 
> I'm not strongly opposed to an automatic update of Standard-Version,

Fine.

> but they 
> are many ways it could go wrong depending on what information source is used.

I fully agree and I should have probably stressed more that my suggestion
is not really a solution but simply should demonstrate an option what I
mean.  I fully agree that this was a weak option.
 
> For instance, using the version of debian-policy is brittle because not 
> everybody install this package (I don't). 

I fully agree.
 
> Since libconfig-model-dpkg-perl already depends on lintian,  parsing 
> /usr/share/lintian/data/standards-version/release-dates may be a way out.

Beeing in sync with lintian might be a good idea since if
libconfig-model-dpkg-perl would be ahead of lintian we would get some
lintian noise even if the control file is correct.
 
> Or using AptPkg API to retrieve the latest available (not necessarily 
> installed) version of debian-policy. So finding the right version of Standard-
> Version would not depend on lintian updates.
> 
> First things first, the non-regression tests must be fixed. 

Most probably.
 
> Then, we must decide how Standards-Version update should be done.

I'd use the following ranking:

   1. Stay in sync with lintian
   2. use AptPkg API

(and forget my suggestion).
 
> I've cc'ed debian-perl team for opinions. What do you think about this issue ?

Thanks for considering the automatic upgrade

       Andreas. 

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