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Re: [DRAFT] Upcoming changes in lintian & some bits



On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 13:42 -0600, Raphael Geissert wrote:
> Thanks for the review Adam. I've merged the parts that I'm not quoting 
> below.
> 
> Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 00:16 -0600, Raphael Geissert wrote:
> > 
> > "As a consequence of these changes, the new Lintian release will cause
> > many existing overrides to no longer apply.  We recognise that this will
> > lead to some noise in the short term but are convinced that the longer
> > term advantages make this worthwhile."
> 
> s/will cause/causes/?

I think "will cause" as the issue doesn't arise until the package is
next tested, but I'm not hugely attached to that wording.

[...]
> >> Thanks to Niels Thykier joining the team, Lintian 2.5.0 features a number
> >> of
> >> new checks and many bug fixes.  Lintian 2.5.0 closed 51 bug reports.
> > 
> > s/closed/closes/ ?
> 
> I used the past tense thinking the announcement is going to be sent after 
> its release, but 'closes' should be okay too, I think (and well, you know 
> better than me :).

"closes" reads more naturally to me at least.

> > "We are continuing to make inroads towards completing the goals we have
> > previously set ourselves for Lintian development and are planning
> > further infrastructure changes.  We hope seen to begin work on the goals
> > discussed during last year's Debconf in New York City."  [Maybe include
> > a link to a discussion of the DC10 stuff?]
> 
> s/seen/soon/ :)

Oops.

> (after failing to find the message because of the subject...)
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-lint-maint/2010/08/msg00012.html
> Not sure if it's worth including it.

They might be worth turning in to something that could go on the wiki?

> > [...]
> >> If you have any ideas for new tests that would be helpful to you, please
> >> do submit them as wishlist bugs against the lintian package.  It's nice
> >> to have a large collection of ideas known to be useful to someone to pick
> >> >From when one has a few hours to work on Lintian.
> > 
> > s/From/from/
> 
> That was really copied and pasted from the last bits email. It appears to be 
> present at least in the last two bits emails, fun.

Heh.

Regards,

Adam


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