Bug#763204: pkg-perl-tools: [Lintian checks] New version of lintian will deprecate "debfiles"

[Niels Thykier]

On 2014-09-28 19:08, Niels Thykier wrote:
> Source: pkg-perl-tools
> Version: 0.17
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The upcoming version of Lintian will deprecate "debfiles" (both the
> collection and the "$info->debfiles" method provided by
> Lintian::Collect::Source). [...]
>
> Future deprecations:
> 
>  * The "unpacked" and "control" methods from Lintian::Collect-classes
>    is also scheduled for deprecation.  Though, it may be deferred to
>    after Lintian/2.5.28.
> 
> [...]

The deprecation of "unpacked" and "control" have now been committed to
the master branch of the Lintian git repository and is scheduled for
2.5.28 as well.  Replacement is similar to that of "debfiles".

~Niels