From: vv221@debian.org 
  
 Le Sat, Sep 27, 2025 at 09:41:58AM +0300, Martin-€€ric Racine a €€crit : 
 > IMHO, in order for Lintian's severity levels to be meaningful in 
 > determining a package's fitness for inclusion in the Debian 
 > repository, an Error ought to refer to a MUST[NOT] Policy item, while 
 > a Warning ought to refer to a SHOULD[NOT] Policy item. 
  
 I second this suggestion, keeping in mind that in some cases it might be 
 better to update the Policy instead of lintian. 
  
 > Everything else 
 > ought to be downgraded to a mere Pedantic or Experimental level. 
  
 We have the Info level too, that would probably make a better default in 
 most cases than Pedantic or Experimental. 
  
 > IMHO, During the Forky cycle, an extensive review of Lintian's 
 > severity levels for every tag ought to be performed, starting with 
 > those for which a bug report against Lintian has been filed. 
  
 Assuming that your proposal is seconded by more people, and especially 
 by the current lintian maintainers, would you volunteer to send patches 
 fixing the severity level of tags? Or at least take an active part in 
 preparing these patches? 
  
 Or don€€€t you have the right mix of time/motivation/skill for that, and 
 should it be seen more as a suggestion for the lintian maintainers 
 themselves? 
  
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