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Bug#409120: marked as done ([aesthetics] list dependencies in a preferred order)

Your message dated Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:39:42 -0800
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and subject line Re: Bug#409120: lintian: Add INFO to recommend debian/control::Build-Depends list devel package in certain order
has caused the Debian Bug report #409120,
regarding [aesthetics] list dependencies in a preferred order
to be marked as done.

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Package: lintian
Version: 1.23.27
Severity: wishlist


For Human reader, who is NMUing or Sponsoring a package, the order of packages listed
in debian/control::Build-Depends is important.

SUGGESTION

If the packages are not mentioned in this order (if they are listed), issue
and informational message to suggest to reorder the line.

And example:

    Build-Depends: autotools-dev, libxext-dev, libpng12-dev, libxpm-dev, debhelper (>= 4), libxinerama-dev, libxft-dev, libxrender-dev, libfontconfig1-dev, zlib1g-dev, libx11-6, dpatch

The "recommended" order:

- debhelper
- dpatch
- autotools-dev
- others in alphabetical order

Correct order:

    Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4), dpatch, autotools-dev, libfontconfig1-dev, libpng12-dev, libx11-6, libxext-dev, libxft-dev, libxinerama-dev, libxpm-dev, libxrender-dev, zlib1g-dev

-- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)

Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii  binutils               2.17-3            The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  diffstat               1.43-2            produces graph of changes introduc
ii  dpkg-dev               1.13.25           package building tools for Debian
ii  file                   4.17-5            Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gettext                0.16.1-1          GNU Internationalization utilities
ii  intltool-debian        0.35.0+20060710.1 Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf
ii  libparse-debianchangel 1.0-1             parse Debian changelogs and output
ii  man-db                 2.4.3-5           The on-line manual pager
ii  perl [libdigest-md5-pe 5.8.8-7           Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

lintian recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:
> Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:

>> For Human reader, who is NMUing or Sponsoring a package, the order of
>> packages listed in debian/control::Build-Depends is important.

[...]

> I don't agree with this check or this suggested order.  I think
> alphabetical order is reasonable, as is order based on the Autoconf
> script, as is putting debhelper and similar internal checks last.

I reviewed this bug again today as part of a Lintian bug cleanup, and I'm
going to close it as I don't think there's even one consistent order that
Lintian could recommend, even at the pedantic level.  This is really an
individual style issue.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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