On 2011-07-20 22:43, Russ Allbery wrote: > Niels Thykier <[email protected]> writes: >
Hi >> [...] >> While we could leave out parts that are redundant when (parts of) the >> feature is not used, I suspect it may make output parsers more >> complicated (as they would need to know / deduce this). >> On the other hand, it may make output needlessly long. > > Yeah, I'd kind of like to keep the output as short as possible for the > common case, since it's nice to be able to glance at the tag and see the > important information quickly. > > What about something like: > > E: package source (1.0-1) [amd64]: some-tag > > where the type is present or dropped based on the rules we have now, and > the version and architecture are only present if necessary to > disambiguate? That has the advantage of using the same punctuation the > project uses elsewhere for versions and architectures, which means the > well-trained eye of a Debian developer will parse it easily. > I have committed my patch more or less as is since it restored status quo. I will try to update the tag output so it is more useful soon. Generally I like the output suggestion, so I will go with that. When you say that they should only be present "if necessary to disambiguate", are we looking at: $ lintian pkg1.dsc pkg2_1.0-1.dsc pkg2_1.0-2.dsc W: pkg1 source: some-tag W: pkg2 source (1.0-1): some-tag W: pkg2 source (1.0-2): some-other-tag Or would that just be versions on all three tags? ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
