-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Karl,
On 08.07.2011 05:49, Karl Goetz wrote: >> - The -I and --pedantic options should always be used. > > Why is that? the manual entry for --pedantic says >> Pedantic tags are Lintian at its most pickiest and >> include checks for particular Debian packaging styles 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. > Wouldn't requiring people show tags that aren't relevant just train > them to ignore lintian? its not, pedantic Lintian warnings weren't useful or /only/ false positives. There is just a slightly higher degree to encounter false positive or "screw you Niel^W^WLintian I don't care at all" tags. That said, some pedantic tags can probably be ignored but most are nonetheless still a very helpful addition one better should consider when packaging software. - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOFspQAAoJEMcrUe6dgPNtBAYQAImZYkvpFb+gTm+y3aBmQKR6 akQDZbquNzEYCPsQdXECygWTQiik7NSdjwtvQRPDDOfmzzgWqP1JOGnjZ2GiW1jU PSw02iVLdxd/Wq1MVwSSHOT6j0RlgVZyIcD70ChZ7lv0fdMJmSkcsDPYTg959Ryr OJm0FifS7UBbi8pIdDK/VbMyfcynHQESjNerDJDTaFV3Og/TChfyvpicPSbkJash FIkD4FN0Fw9lGJN+qNHOIxZpkIP60sNWL4P61nIVpu7+Jzv1jLlQ4jdXGfANXv+T 6WIKuCCdlkSOVbGX3Y+rI6WvMiMyXw9pZXWoG7Ftt8oZqAjPN3thTsX31iNIm9Od JbI7DC/+n1WLOLKDZTBwIP2yQfYUm/jQLdp6ap8RhprvA3vy7RyoAsqvgiyPeHEF iVnfft+In5V8Ekpzk4gQE9Zt5h5bfMOCmo1munvr5YZyIibGXU/nt/9Vs1q0IXf1 EWX6SklE2DlqG2MrnA1TpYzzNk0FGM21lluwRc+v49dfBLQvbZgfZ1CCI7mmIpAk xnZvDS4MDM347uBU0069t4xw6jhyHWbl/aHMTQds0DJJY0p185FNTYn6zdJFFH2Q lLZUMSsj0bCOPsr5hkFsRl/AAvFyFN9DcG/7hmmmZ8PS/pyXMQePzGMMs8CvdeTx HRSfl1ehZt8x/gexMkae =kZWS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/4e16ca51.3090...@toell.net
