On 2011-06-06 08:02, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 13:11 +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: > >> I am not really sure what to say about the detection strings, except I >> feel they seem very generic (but I could be wrong)[1]. With >> embedded-library being an auto-reject tag now (about 45 minutes ago), I >> think we have to be more careful about false-positives here. >> >> ~Niels >> >> [1] I do not know how common "This app uses Xiph.Org libtheora for >> feature XYZ" etc. strings are in applications or libraries. > > Agreed about false positives. > > Good to hear it was added to ftp-master autorejects, hopefully that is > in the overridable set? Since probably a fair few embedded code copies > are modified versions. >
It is overridable; as we merged embedded-zlib into embedded-library, all other embedded-library tags were "bumped" to the non-fatal list. > Before submitting it I searched the lintian laboratory strings files for > the detection strings I suggested and verified the resulting list (see > below) actually contained embedded code copies using buildd logs. > Nice. :) > In any case these libraries have very few strings in them and the > strings I suggested are the most specific ones I could find. > Beyond their symbols, but yes, I agree I could not find any discriminating strings in them either last I checked. > [...] Okay, I will give the other maintainers a couple of days to think and comment on this before I commit it. Thanks for the research. :) ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org