Package: lintian Version: 2.5.30+deb8u3 Severity: wishlist Hi,
when going through the list of binary packages without dependencies: grep-dctrl \( --not -r -F Depends '.*' --and --not -r -F Pre-Depends '.*' \) -n -s Package /var/lib/apt/lists/*_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-*_Packages | sort -u | less one can notice a large number of packages which probably (by their name) need an interpreter but do not depend on one: - python-.*: 90 - python3-.*: 12 - jenkins-.*: 8 - gosa-plugin-.*: 13 - cl-.*: 38 - .*-perl: 3 - ruby-.*: 9 - xul-ext-.*: 7 - lua-.*: 13 So would it make sense to add support for detecting interpreted programming languages via an external tool to lintian so that a warning or even error can be raised if a package with Python code does not depend on Python or a package with Ruby code does not depend on Ruby? cheers, josch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150123150527.8775.45425.reportbug@hoothoot
