Hi Dne Tue, 5 Aug 2008 08:02:28 -0400 Richard Hurt <rnhurt@kangaroobox.com> napsal(a): > I am getting quite a few lintian warnings that I would like to quell. > Do we have any best practices on how to deal with these messages? > > W: <package>: debian-copyright-line-too-long -- As I understand it > long lines are now OK. I am following the new, proposed guidelines > for the copyright file (http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/ > CopyrightFormat) and it almost guarantees long lines. This will be dropped from next lintian version, you can safely ignore this check (see http://bugs.debian.org/491302). > W: <package>: script-non-executable -- Since this is a scripted web > application (RoR) there are quite a few "scripts" that are not > executable directly in the shell. Can I turn this warning off for > these files? It is a cgi? Then it should be executable. If not, they should not start with #!/something. > W: <package>: extra-license-file -- There are several LICENSE files > scattered throughout the package and I have documented them in the > copyright file. Do I need to do anything with these? Should I remove > them or is there a way to ignore them? All licenses should be in single place in debian/copyright, anything else is not needed. > W: <package>: embedded-javascript-library -- Basically, prototype.js > (versions 1.6.0.1 & 1.5.0) is being used in several places. Obviously > it would be best to depend on the libjs-prototype package and remove > the embedded versions. Once I get upstream using a single version of > prototype do I just remove the original prototype.js files and symlink > to the package version? Something like this. > W: <package>: package-contains-empty-directory -- Some of these are > necessary (cache, assets, etc.) and some aren't (test). Can I turn > these off? Yes, add override for these. -- Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com
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