On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:25:30 +0800 Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Karl Goetz <karl@kgoetz.id.au> wrote: > > > I assume when you say 'unstable environment' you don't exclude the > > possibility of using a backported lintian on (say) stable. > > I'd specifically exclude that. You need to build under sid to ensure > the package will build and work properly in Debian's development > release. Since you are building/testing under sid, you may as well run I was thinking of a case where the package is built in a sid pbuilder (I should probably have clarified that). > sid lintian. While useful for ensuring backportability, building under > stable isn't useful if you want to contribute to the next Debian > release, which is what new and updated packages should be > concentrating on. Sadly testing it only has one option - run sid :/ kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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