* [ 08-04-05 - 15:38 ] Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is another thing that I don't understand often. Why
> are there linda and lintian?
> In my opinion this makes things difficulter. Both have to
> coordinate themselves and keep their policy rules up to
> date.
[...]
> The only difference I can see is that they are programmed in
> different programming languages and minor things.
Yep, it seems that the main difference is the programming language [0].
Peter Makholm asked [1] to add a note in Linda's description that points
out the difference between the two checkers, but the only reference to
Lintian seems to be 'much like lintian'. :)
The main reason for the existence of Linda seems to be that at the time
the author wrote it, Lintian was unmanintained. [2]
> In my opinion it is not productive to have two tools for
> internal debian use which provides pretty much the same
> things.
I agree.
Otherwise, if the two tools have got different features, these should be
noted in the respective descriptions.
ciao,
ema
[0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2003/07/msg00045.html
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-wnpp/2002/06/msg00065.html
[2] http://comas.linux-aktivaattori.org/debconf5/general/proposals/35
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