On 2011-07-07 23:05, Benoît Knecht wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Paul Wise wrote: >> [...] > > I think three things are currently unclear: > > - lintian should be run on the .changes file before uploading a > package to mentors, in order to check both the source and binary > package (I know I used to run it on the .dsc file without realizing > it wasn't checking the binary package). >
The --verbose option might be useful here, it clearly shows when a new package being processed. Maybe this part should be on by default and disabled with --quiet? > - The -I and --pedantic options should always be used. > A little heads up; in lintian 2.5.1 and newer you can enable default settings for some options in your lintianrc (e.g. ~/.lintianrc): """ # defaults for --display-info, --pedantic and so on display-info=yes pedantic=yes show-overrides=yes display-experimental=yes """ Options that can be used in the lintianrc can be found in lintian(1). Might be a good idea to promote this part to new people as well. > - And always use the latest version from unstable. > > [...] > > Cheers, > ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e1626d5.5080...@thykier.net
