Re: lintian & linda (was: Automatic testing of Debian packages)

[Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de>]

* Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org> [2005-04-11 22:00]:
> Nico Golde wrote:
> > There is another thing that I don't understand often. Why
> > are there linda and lintian?
> > In my opinion this makes things difficulter. Both have to
> > coordinate themselves and keep their policy rules up to
> > date.
> 
> Why are there Vi and Emacs?
> Why are there Perl and Python?
[...] 
But thats not my problem. The programs etc. you showed are very
different in using, look etc.
What I dont know is what is the difference except the programming
language in the case of lintian and linda.
Nobody told me yet.
I don't want to rant about the projectsi just want to know things.
Regards Nico