Bug#694760: devscripts: Please mark Multi-Arch: foreign

[Dmitry Smirnov]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:46:44 Benjamin Drung wrote:
> Running desktop2menu emits following warning:
> WARNING: Section is highly inaccurate. Please check it manually
> 
> Therefore desktop2menu should not be run at every build-time, but
> manually by the developer and the result reviewed.
> 
> [...]
> 
> The developer could add a rule to debian/rules that runs desktop2menu.
> This rules can be called manually after every new upstream release
> containing changes to the .desktop file.

If maintainer verified the generated .menu file and prefer to generate it on 
build-time, it should be OK because if desktop2menu will suddenly stop 
producing valid result it will be a legitimate regression bug.

Does it make any sense to limit "field of endeavour" by allowing room for 
regression?

Actually this argument of yours applies to licensecheck even more as we know 
how inaccurate its output can be, even if it's only used for generating hints.

I wonder if there are anything you can't deprecate due to possibility that it 
may stop working one day? ;)

Regards,
Dmitry.