Bug#841670: lintian: Check udev rules and AppStream metadata

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 01:04:16 +0200 Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
wrote:
> 
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.48
> 
> Hi.  Isenkram uses information from AppStream to locate packages
> relevant for the hardware present on a given computer.  I would like to
> have some lintian checks verifying the AppStream metadata and the udev
> rules to try to detect if a package providing access for given user
> accessible device will work as it should after AppStream install it, and
> to make sure AppStream will know the package is relevant for some
> specific hardware.
> 
> I'm working on a patch for this.  So far my first draft is in
> <URL: https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/lintian/tree/appstream-metadata >.
> 
> It still need more work before I am confident the checks make sense.  I
> just wanted to let you know about my work in case others are also
> looking into lintian checks for udev rules and/or AppStream metadata.
> 
> --
> Happy hacking
> Petter Reinholdtsen
> 
> 

Hi Petter,

Thanks for working on making Lintian better. :)

I have skimmed though the branch and given a little bit of inline
feedback. :)

Thanks,
~Niels