On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 09:43:20AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Frank Lichtenheld <[email protected]> writes: > > I think we should consider dropping the unusual-interpreter tag. I > > don't think it scales with the archive getting bigger and bigger and > > more interpreters showing up. > > > We still should do the other checks for known interpreters, but > > just not complain about unusual ones. > > > According to lintian.d.o, which is very current right now, the > > stats for the tag are: "19 packages, 33 tags, plus 178 overrides" > > Hm, I do periodically go through the lintian.d.o report and add new > interpreters, although I've been busy lately, and I think the ability to > catch typos is very useful. Without that tag, there's no notice that > /usr/bin/pelr is a bug. > > Last time I checked, a lot of the overrides were things that we could fix > easily, although I haven't looked recently.
Ok, if you think there is value in this check we can certainly keep it. I might stop adding new interpreters myself, though (not that anyone might notice that, given my level of contributions this year ;)). Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[email protected]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
