On Tue, Oct 20 2009, Raphael Geissert wrote:
> Hi Manoj,
>
> Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> [...]
>>
>> I find that experimental and pedantic add far too much
>> irrelevant chatter, and that it tends to mask the problems one should
>> actually fix.
>>
>
> Could you please elaborate a bit more? I'd like to know how I can improve
> lintian so that it is more useful for others.
,----[ Manual page lintian(1) ]
| --pedantic
| Display pedantic ("P:") tags as well. They are normally
| suppressed.
|
| Pedantic tags are Lintian at its most pickiest and include
| checks for particular Debian packaging styles, checks that are
| very frequently wrong, 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.
`----
Pretty much covers it, neh?
Also:
,----[ http://lintian.debian.org/manual/ch2.html#s2.3 ]
| Experimental:
| This means that the code that generates this message is not as well
| tested as the rest of Lintian, and might still give surprising
| results. Feel free to ignore Experimental messages that do not seem to
| make sense, though of course bug reports are always welcomed.
`----
Now, people experienced in packaging stuff for Debian ought to
be looking at pedantic and experimental tags and giving feedback to
Lintian, to improve it (I certainly do). But I only look at
experimental and pedantic tags when I want to see f I want to give
feedback to Lintian, not as a package check. As a package check it is
very inefficient, and definitely not what I would recommend to a
novice.
There is a time and a place where these lintian options are
useful. They certainly have a place, and are recommended for
experienced developers, and critical for helping to improve lintian.
But one needs to know when to use them, and when not to bother.
manoj
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