Re: lintian warnings - help requested
On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 at 21:53, Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 09:31:12PM +1100, Andrew Worsley wrote:
> > > > I don't have a sponsor (suggestions of where to look welcomed).
> > > https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers
> >
> > I got no bites previously - perhaps I have to make a stronger case to
> > more users.
> Sorry?
This is my 2nd attempt to package - I previously uploaded it - built
against stretch but it recently expired with no sponsors...
So this is my 2nd go - I figured I would move on to buster as it's
nearing completion.
> > > > 2. The source-is-missing .html/.js files with very long lines -
> > > > Should I override them? Or try to wrap the lines?
> > > If they are sources in the preferred form for modification, why do they
> > > have long and not human-editable lines? If they are not actually sources
> > > you need to provide sources and build the resulting files from them.
> > >
> >
> > Looks like unit test data (base64 encoded blobs).
> > Might try to wrap the lines - or strip them.
> You shouldn't wrap the lines just to appease lintian. You should fix the
> initial problem or override lintian if lintian is wrong.
I don't see any alternative - these files were in the original package
- not generated files or anything.
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