Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-30 Thread Raphael Geissert
Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Also, if packages have lintian errors/warnings, please provide a link to > the proper full list of errors and warnings for the maintainer. Did you read my original email? :) Let me quote it for you: > === libflexmock-ruby: > = Lintian reports 3 warning

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-30 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
can be safely ignored, it will be a net loss > >> for QA. > > Of course, and that's exactly what am trying to avoid. What about the > following combination? > > * Lintian issues by themselves do not cause the email to be sent > * Only lintian errors cause a given package

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-30 Thread gregor herrmann
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:07:55 -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: > Of course, and that's exactly what am trying to avoid. What about the > following combination? > > * Lintian issues by themselves do not cause the email to be sent > * Only lintian errors cause a given package to

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-30 Thread Raphael Geissert
d. What about the following combination? * Lintian issues by themselves do not cause the email to be sent * Only lintian errors cause a given package to be mentioned in the email, not warnings. * Errors and warnings counts are both included. Or the following one: * Lintian issues by themselves do not ca

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-30 Thread Raphael Geissert
her issue exists for the same given >> package? or only errors if there's an issue for any of the >> co-/maintained packages? > > I'm fine with mentioning the lintian errors and warnings in the mail, > with that not being a reason to send that email. However, onl

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-30 Thread Sune Vuorela
On 2009-04-30, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 30/04/09 at 01:43 -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: >> But despite all that my original question hasn't quite been answered. Gregor >> is in favour of sending messages even if only lintian issues exist, but >> Lucas doesn't like the idea. >> What about someth

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-30 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 30/04/09 at 01:43 -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: > But despite all that my original question hasn't quite been answered. Gregor > is in favour of sending messages even if only lintian issues exist, but > Lucas doesn't like the idea. > What about something in between? only errors if another issue

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-30 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
a. What about something in > between? only errors if another issue exists for the same given > package? or only errors if there's an issue for any of the > co-/maintained packages? I'm fine with mentioning the lintian errors and warnings in the mail, with that not being a reason to

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-29 Thread Raphael Geissert
Russ Allbery wrote: > Raphael Geissert writes: >> Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > >>> Then how about sending a mail if one of the packages has (serious, >>> certain) lintian errors? > >> Lintian currently still uses the EWI code when generating the report >

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Raphael Geissert writes: > Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >> Then how about sending a mail if one of the packages has (serious, >> certain) lintian errors? > Lintian currently still uses the EWI code when generating the report > which later udd imports. This file lacks the s

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-27 Thread Raphael Geissert
Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Then how about sending a mail if one of the packages has (serious, > certain) lintian errors? Lintian currently still uses the EWI code when generating the report which later udd imports. This file lacks the severity and certainty information, which means it

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
f one of the packages has (serious, > certain) lintian errors? I like modularity. - ddpo-by-mail already mails about RC bugs. - (serious, certain) lintian errors warrant RC bugs [1] => THEN (serious, certain) lintian errors should be filed as RC bugs. You gain the following: 1) no need to

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-27 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 27/04/09 at 15:23 -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > > > I really don't think that we should send emails to maintainers if they > > only have lintian errors (no other problems, like RC bugs). If those > > lintian errors are so grave,

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-27 Thread Raphael Geissert
Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > I really don't think that we should send emails to maintainers if they > only have lintian errors (no other problems, like RC bugs). If those > lintian errors are so grave, maybe (RC) bugs should be filed? Every check has a severity and certainty, so

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-27 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 26/04/09 at 12:00 +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: > On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:37:04 -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: > > > Would it be ok to leave it that way? or only mention lintian errors? or only > > when the same package has serious issues? or only when the same package >

Re: lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-26 Thread gregor herrmann
On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:37:04 -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: > Would it be ok to leave it that way? or only mention lintian errors? or only > when the same package has serious issues? or only when the same package > does *not* have any serious issue? or any combination of those?

lintian errors/warnings on ddpo-by-mail emails

2009-04-25 Thread Raphael Geissert
Hi all, Most of those reading this email probably already know about it: I'm taking over ddpo-by-mail. And so I decided to include the number of lintian errors and warnings on the generated emails, but those not being a reason for the message to be sent (i.e. it requires that an RC bug e

Re: lintian errors

2001-08-25 Thread Edward Betts
Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The reports on lintian.debian.org have revealed some startling > figures: > > Warnings:10188 > Errors:6995 > A notable number of these are not very important, but quite a lot are > policy violations. Is anybody planning to file RC bugs on these? It wo

RE: lintian errors

2001-08-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 25-Aug-2001 Andrew Suffield wrote: > The reports on lintian.debian.org have revealed some startling > figures: > > Warnings:10188 > Errors:6995 > > ancient-standards-version (158 packages, 158 tags) > > maybe be harmless, but... > > FSSTND-dir-in-usr (103 packages, 128 tags) > no-copyright-

lintian errors

2001-08-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
The reports on lintian.debian.org have revealed some startling figures: Warnings:10188 Errors:6995 ancient-standards-version (158 packages, 158 tags) maybe be harmless, but... FSSTND-dir-in-usr (103 packages, 128 tags) no-copyright-file (13 packages, 13 tags) are not funny. A notable number o