Hi Anton, On 18.08.2013 09:37, Anton Balashov wrote: [...] > * Should we really add a new lintian check? I think adding a Lintian check is generally a good idea because it always helps with identifying packaging issues. It is the most widely used tool for that task and I deem a new check to be useful. > * What priority in lintian output it should have? (info, warning etc) I think this should be info because otherwise we would see a lot of false positives for libraries or game engines. FYI there is an ongoing discussion about lowering the recommendation for menu files in Debian's policy. [1] Nevertheless I think it makes sense to have both files within a games package as long as there is no single or unified solution for all packages. > * Based on what documentation or other source we want that? Is this just > a our wish or it's written in some of standards or documentations? If > it's nowhere written maybe we should to write? Where? Debian policy 9.6: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s-menus https://wiki.debian.org/Games/Policy The second link to the wiki page is basically only a stub but we could improve it to emphasize that we want desktop and menu files for all games maintained by the team or even better for all games in Debian. > * How we will release the idea? Who will write the check and should we > add the check to lintian distr? In this case how? File a bug to lintian > package? As a first step I suggest to file a bug against Lintian asking for an implementation that checks whether all source packages in section "games" ship a desktop and menu file. It should be doable to add a filter that excludes -data or -dbg packages from the check. Regards, Markus [1] http://bugs.debian.org/707851
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