Re: [RFC] Drop unusual-interpreter?
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 09:43:20AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org> writes:
> > I think we should consider dropping the unusual-interpreter tag. I
> > don't think it scales with the archive getting bigger and bigger and
> > more interpreters showing up.
>
> > We still should do the other checks for known interpreters, but
> > just not complain about unusual ones.
>
> > According to lintian.d.o, which is very current right now, the
> > stats for the tag are: "19 packages, 33 tags, plus 178 overrides"
>
> Hm, I do periodically go through the lintian.d.o report and add new
> interpreters, although I've been busy lately, and I think the ability to
> catch typos is very useful. Without that tag, there's no notice that
> /usr/bin/pelr is a bug.
>
> Last time I checked, a lot of the overrides were things that we could fix
> easily, although I haven't looked recently.
Ok, if you think there is value in this check we can certainly keep it.
I might stop adding new interpreters myself, though (not that anyone
might notice that, given my level of contributions this year ;)).
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
www: http://www.djpig.de/
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