Hi! What editors and extensions are you using to augment your productivity and minimize mistakes when editing debian/* files?
I am aware of dpkg-dev-el for Emacs mentioned in the DD reference[1]. I am a big fan of Pulsar[2] and recently found a 'language-debian' plugin for Pulsar[3], but didn't get it to emit any errors/messages. I would be interested to learn what editors and integrations others use specifically for debian/* files. I've witnessed several old DDs stop their Debian work, and many aspiring ones give up on becoming a DD, because the Debian packaging work is so laboursome. One small thing that could ease the burden could be better editor integrations that help people write and maintain the debian/* files with less effort. - Otto [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/developers-reference.en.html [2] https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/pulsar-best-text-file-and-code-editor/ [3] https://web.pulsar-edit.dev/packages/language-debian PS. Related, these are commands I frequently run manually but don't have any editor integration for: wrap-and-sort --wrap-always --verbose make --dry-run --makefile=debian/rules codespell --write --check-filenames --check-hidden debian/ find debian/ -type f | xargs spellintian --picky aspell --mode=debctrl -c debian/control duck -v --color=always find -name *.pot -exec i18nspector "{}" +; find -name *.po -exec i18nspector "{}" +; shellcheck -x --shell=bash $(shell grep -Irnw -e '^#!.*/bash' | sort -u |cut -d ':' -f 1 | xargs) shellcheck -x --shell=sh $(shell grep -Irnw -e '^#!.*/sh' | sort -u |cut -d ':' -f 1 | xargs) if [ "$(find debian/patches/ -type f -not -name series | wc -l)" != "$(wc -l < debian/patches/series)" ] then echo "Contents of debian/patches/series does not match number of patches in debian/patches" fi
