Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > package: lintian > version: 1.23.44 > > Hi, > > lintian doesnt warn about left over mercurial files in the source > package, like it does with svn or cvs files. > > The following files remained unnoticed in my source package: > > .hg_archival.txt | 2 > .hgignore | 29 > .hgtags | 10
We intentionally don't warn about files like .hgignore in a source package since they're normally intentionally shipped with the upstream source or used by the Debian developer in their debian directory. They're useful version control metadata for anyone else who wants to reimport the package into a version control system. I'm not sure about .hg_archival.txt and .hgtags, though. We do currently warn about arch inventory files, so if this is a similar case, I can see adding a similar warning about them. But I'm hesitant to do so without a clearer understanding of what the files are for and how someone would normally avoid including them in the package. Note that dpkg-source does not currently filter out any of these files when the -i option is used, only the .hg metadata directory, so the instructions for how to avoid them in diffs used for other files in the source package wouldn't be accurate. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
