On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:01:47 +0600 Mikhail Gusarov <dottedmag@dottedmag.net> wrote: > Hi, > > After watching debian-mentors@ for a some time, I've found two types > of suggestions frequenly advised to the packagers: > > * Removing empty lines from the end of debian/copyright, > debian/changelog > > * Using two spaces before 'Homepage:' field in package description. Those two particular requests nearly always come from one sponsor - Daniel. Other sponsors don't seem bothered by either of the above cases and one in particular (Homepage) is as yet unresolved in terms of a definite "rule". Personally, I'm perfectly happy to sponsor any package that has either of these "faults" without changing them and I have a mix of Homepage: values in my own packages. I'll continue until there is a definitive answer or some form of X- field in debian/control that handles the URL properly. > Do they look like candidates to the lintan tests (level I:, probably)? No, absolutely not. This would cause unnecessary lintian hassle. The empty line issue is a non-starter IMHO - Daniel is free to make his own policy on these but other sponsors, like me, have no issues with empty lines. In fact, I usually make sure changelog and control DO have empty lines at the end of the file - I consider it useful and tidy. I know Daniel disagrees but that is precisely why this should NOT be made into a lintian issue. Daniel: would you agree? I'm sure you've got scripts that check for these things on your own system because you don't seem to miss any. That's fine with me, you can use your scripts and I'll use mine. :-) (Having said that, Daniel does sponsor a LOT of packages - he is the most active sponsor on this list by some way - most of my time is taken up upstream or in Emdebian. I have a particular interest in embedded stuff so I tend to only offer to sponsor stuff that is small enough to be useful on an embedded device.) -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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