On 09/09/26 6:47 pm, Dr. Tobias Quathamer wrote:
> first of all, thanks a lot to Nilesh for implementing those two tags, I
> consider them hugely useful right now. Especially
> xs-go-import-path-differs-from-module-path, which flags ~240 packages we
> need to work on.
>
> However, when this transition is over, both tags should have close to
> zero packages which trigger them. I think Nilesh is right here.
Once the transition is over, would it be sensible to drop these 2 tags from
lintian entirely?
> Regarding the proposed new tag in this bug report, I also think it makes
> sense to implement a check in dh-go. However, I'm not sure we want to
> have build failures right now if the binary package name does not
> include the correct version suffix.
>
> I agree it's sensible in the long run. But right now, we already have
> loads of packages which FTBFS with the new tooling, even without this
> check. Shouldn't we concentrate our efforts in fixing the build failures
> first?
>
> If most packages build with dh-go, we can reconsider to implement a new
> check for the binary package name.
It is not entirely clear to me if you want a check for this in lintian as
of now or not. Would you please clarify?
Thanks!
Nilesh
