Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages
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Hi Karl,
On 08.07.2011 05:49, Karl Goetz wrote:
>> - The -I and --pedantic options should always be used.
>
> Why is that? the manual entry for --pedantic says
>> Pedantic tags are Lintian at its most pickiest and
>> include checks for particular Debian packaging styles and checks that
>> many people disagree with. Expect false positives and
>> Lintian tags that you don't consider useful if you use this option.
>> Adding overrides for pedantic tags is probably not
>> worth the effort.
> Wouldn't requiring people show tags that aren't relevant just train
> them to ignore lintian?
its not, pedantic Lintian warnings weren't useful or /only/ false
positives. There is just a slightly higher degree to encounter false
positive or "screw you Niel^W^WLintian I don't care at all" tags.
That said, some pedantic tags can probably be ignored but most are
nonetheless still a very helpful addition one better should consider
when packaging software.
- --
with kind regards,
Arno Töll
IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC
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