Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages
On 2011-07-07 23:05, Benoît Knecht wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Paul Wise wrote:
>> [...]
>
> I think three things are currently unclear:
>
> - lintian should be run on the .changes file before uploading a
> package to mentors, in order to check both the source and binary
> package (I know I used to run it on the .dsc file without realizing
> it wasn't checking the binary package).
>
The --verbose option might be useful here, it clearly shows when a new
package being processed. Maybe this part should be on by default and
disabled with --quiet?
> - The -I and --pedantic options should always be used.
>
A little heads up; in lintian 2.5.1 and newer you can enable default
settings for some options in your lintianrc (e.g. ~/.lintianrc):
"""
# defaults for --display-info, --pedantic and so on
display-info=yes
pedantic=yes
show-overrides=yes
display-experimental=yes
"""
Options that can be used in the lintianrc can be found in lintian(1).
Might be a good idea to promote this part to new people as well.
> - And always use the latest version from unstable.
>
> [...]
>
> Cheers,
>
~Niels
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