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+Check-Script: standards-version
+Author: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
+Abbrev: std
+Type: source
+Unpack-Level: 1
+Info: This script checks if a source package contains a valid
+ Standards-Version field.
+Needs-Info: debfiles
+
+Tag: no-standards-version-field
+Type: error
+Ref: policy 5.6.11
+Info: The source package does not have a Standards-Version control field.
+ Please update your package to latest Policy and set this control field
+ appropriately.
+
+Tag: invalid-standards-version
+Type: error
+Info: The source package refers to a Standards-Version which never
+ existed. Please update your package to latest Policy and set this
+ control field appropriately.
+
+Tag: newer-standards-version
+Type: warning
+Info: The source package refers to a Standards-Version which is
+ newer than the highest one lintian is programmed to check. If the source
+ package is correct, then please upgrade lintian to the newest version.
+ (If there is no newer lintian version, then please bug &maint; to make
+ one.)
+
+Tag: ancient-standards-version
+Type: warning
+Info: The source package refers to a Standards-Version that has been
+ obsolete for more than two years. Please update your package to latest
+ Policy and set this control field appropriately.
+ .
+ If the package is already compliant with the current standards, you don't
+ have to re-upload the package just to adjust the Standards-Version
+ control field. However, please remember to update this field next time
+ you upload the package.
+
+Tag: out-of-date-standards-version
+Type: warning
+Info: The source package refers to a Standards-Version older than the one
+ that was current at the time the package was created (according to the
+ timestamp of the latest <tt>debian/changelog</tt> entry). Please
+ consider updating the package to current Policy and setting this control
+ field appropriately.
+ .
+ If the package is already compliant with the current standards, you don't
+ have to re-upload the package just to adjust the Standards-Version
+ control field. However, please remember to update this field next time
+ you upload the package.
+
+Tag: timewarp-standards-version
+Type: warning
+Info: The source package refers to a Standards-Version that was released
+ after the date of the most recent <tt>debian/changelog</tt> entry.
+ Perhaps you forgot to update the timestamp in <tt>debian/changelog</tt>
+ before building the package?