Re: Updating lintian.debian.org
On 2011-07-14 20:55, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 11:11 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> I just updated the version of Lintian on lintian.debian.org to 2.5.1 and
>> am doing a new full run, since there were a bunch of false positives with
>> the older version that we should clear out. This will take a couple of
>> days.
>
> Thanks!
>
What Adam said! :D
On a related note, if takes a couple of days, maybe we should looking at
performance. :P
"""
performance: Lintian should make it possible to check single packages
within seconds or check the full archive within a few hours.
"""
Quote from: http://lintian.debian.org/manual/ch1.html#s1.3
(that or we should update the manual - I assume the archive grew a bit
since 1998[1])
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1998/01/msg01503.html
>> We should get more people in the lintian group, particularly while my day
>> job is sucking up so much of my time, so that other people can do this
>> update as well. Volunteers?
>
> *raises hand*
>
> I know I've not been the most active on the team recently, but I've also
> grumbled in the past about not being able to fix stuck groff processes
> and similar issues, and having to wait until someone with the magic gid
> (which recently has mostly meant you) can poke things, so I can't really
> turn down the possibility. :-)
>
I am ready to volunteer myself if needed. :)
>> And what sort of documentation do folks need
>> on how to go about it? The README file in /org/lintian.debian.org should
>> be relatively complete.
>
> It looks reasonably comprehensive, certainly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam
>
>
I found it covering as well.
~Niels
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