[Dsc-maintainers] Bug#699917: dsc-statistics: Should probably not FTBFS just because of diff being big

[Santiago Vila]

On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 01:31:00PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> severity #699917 wishlist
> end
> 
> > The underlying bug, the "time bomb" in debian/rules, is still there
> > (and that's why I'm changing the title).
> > 
> > I don't think packages should fail because of diff being big.
> > 
> > A warning message, maybe, but not a total failure.
> 
> A warning message will get overlooked, resulting in us delivering a
> binary file for which no source is available.

Hmm, but this is the first time you talk about binary files.

If that's really the intent, would not be better to detect binary
files as such (failing with a "hard" FTBFS) and not just "big diffs"?

Thanks.