Bug#928809: lintian: suggest adding gitlab-ci file

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

Chris Lamb:
> Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
> 
>>> [..]  I just think that lintian should be less pro-active at adding
>>> checks for things that are far from accepted.
>>
>> That is why I propose introducing concept of "controversial" checks.
> 
> I think we are all violently agreeing here. 
> 
>> Having Lintian plainly reject such proposals would mean need in creation
>> of something like "lintian-unofficial"
> 
> (Personally, I doubt someone would fork Lintian, more likely its
> output would become less and less "trusted". But both outcomes suck.)
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 

There would be no need to fork lintian over this.  Lintian supports
third-party checks (via third-party lintian profiles).  With files in
the proper place, you can have:

  lintian --profile debian/unofficial ...

run lintian's built-in plus the extra unofficial checks.

Thanks,
~Niels