Re: [lintian] On supporting classification tags
Hi Niels,
On 06/03/16 at 19:11 +0000, Niels Thykier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I took a stab at implementing classification tags (see attached patches
> or [1]). These tags are intended solely as a means to classify (an
> aspect of) a package and are by no means an issue people need to fix.
>
> * The proposed implementation is basically a hack which abuses the
> "severity".
>
> * I am open to other suggestions (especially those with patches).
>
> * I have not given the colouring a lot of thought and welcome
> suggestions here as well.
> - Notably, part of the css is basically copy-waste of the "pedantic"
> tag, so they currently share the same colour for the description.
>
> With the patch, I also implemented two classifications tags for the sake
> of it:
>
> * classification-of-debian-build-system
> - always emitted
> * declared-source-format
> - omitted when the format is "implicit" (i.e. d/source/format is
> absent).
>
> These can be tested by using "-L +classification" (or "-L
> =classification"). Output of running on lintian itself:
>
> """
> $ frontend/lintian -L =classification lintian_2.5.42_source.changes
> C: lintian source: classification-of-debian-build-system dh
> C: lintian source: declared-source-format 3.0 (native)
> N: 5 tags overridden (1 error, 3 warnings, 1 info)
> """
I didn't reply back then, but I think that this work is great. How can I
help getting this into a lintian release?
Lucas
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