I have been reviewing lintian checks to find a good way to classify them. I still don't have a final proposal, but I would like to get some feedback about the possible certainty and severity levels.
For severity I'm thinking of using a classification similar to that of bugs. The idea is basically the same and developers are already familiar with bug severities. Also, it isn't that easy to define severities without using those terms, and mixing different classifications could be really confusing. One problem, though, is that lintian doesn't cover exactly the same range of severities: "wishlist" seems a bit confusing for most checks, and there is probably nothing above "serious". (Note that I have not read every single lintian check yet, so I may be wrong.) Following this convention, most of the current E|W|I tags would be classified like this: error: serious, important, normal warning: normal, minor info: minor, wishlist (?) For certainty I prefer a less fine-grained classification, at least for now. The main goal is to identify checks that are fully "verifiable", so 3 levels are probably enough: high (100% sure the problem is present), medium (mostly sure), and low (false positives likely). I'm not satisfied at all with the names, but I'm having a hard time trying to come up with something better. Suggestions are welcome. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
