[dput-ng-maint] Bug#873393: dput-ng: would be useful if suite-mismatch checked non-free dependencies in main packages

[Drew Parsons]

Package: dput-ng
Version: 1.15
Severity: normal

A recent build of libdolfin2017.1 (i.e. dolfin 2017.1.0-1 in main) accidentally resulted in a
dependency on a non-free package, libparmetis4.0. Consequently the new
package was rejected by ftp-masters.

dput uses the suite-mismatch hook to check the target distribution for
common errors.  It could be useful if those checks could include the
non-free dependency problem I hit against.  It would be efficient if
we could catch errors like that before uploading.

Drew

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Versions of packages dput-ng depends on:
ii  python       2.7.13-2
ii  python-dput  1.15

Versions of packages dput-ng recommends:
ii  bash-completion  1:2.1-4.3
ii  python-paramiko  2.0.0-1

dput-ng suggests no packages.

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