On 2011-07-08 00:34, Rodolfo kix Garcia wrote: > On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 23:05:03 +0200, Benoît Knecht wrote: >> Hi Paul, >> >> Paul Wise wrote: >>> It is rare to see an RFS that says "The package appears to be lintian >>> clean." and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian >>> clean. If we were to change the RFS template, what could we change it >>> to in order to encourage accuracy and for people to actually use >>> lintian and fix any issues found. >> >> 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). > > When I tryed to use lintian, the first time, I read the manual page and > it was not too clear. Looking for examples, you can found this, in the > lintian manual (http://lintian.debian.org/manual/ch2.html) > > $ lintian -i libc5_5.4.38-1.deb <- lintian over the deb file. In the > html file do not mention the .changes file >
Yeah... the User manual is horribly outdated... patches welcome? > [...] > > One idea about how to check the packages is add the check in the the > .dupload.conf file. > Not sure about dupload, but dput has a --lintian option. :) > Please, don't kill me about my comments. Thanks. > > Regards, > > kix. > >> [...] ~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/4e1634c7.4060...@thykier.net
