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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