Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails
Raphael Geissert <atomo64+debian@gmail.com> writes:
> Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
>> Then how about sending a mail if one of the packages has (serious,
>> certain) lintian errors?
> Lintian currently still uses the EWI code when generating the report
> which later udd imports. This file lacks the severity and certainty
> information, which means it would be necessary to keep a local copy of
> lintian in sync with lintian.d.o's version so that they both match.
> Not impossible, but doesn't feel right.
We can make available a better file, too. I've thought about that off
and on, but never had time to figure out just what should be in the file.
> I think I agree with zack; issues should be reported or the certainty
> and severity tweaked.
I think there's quite a bit that's wrong about the certainty right now.
The severity I'm more confident about, but there are a bunch of
certainty: certain tags with a bunch of overrides, which is clearly
wrong.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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