[2019-02-07 16:34] Chris Lamb <[email protected]> > > [Dmitry Bogatov] > > Sorry, I understood phrase "get numbers" as [...] > > I think I've confused you further now, alas. We can use Lintian to > accurate discover these numbers — my point is basically that it > cannot be "Severity: wishlist" as this would be asking maintainers > to change their packages. > > Take a look at "Classification" tags for inspiration.
Thank you for suggestion. Another attempt. commit 13718506e68b1dea078ed966fcd383116f4e953a Author: Dmitry Bogatov <[email protected]> Date: Sat Feb 2 01:39:59 2019 +0000 New tag: script-uses-unversioned-python-in-shebang * checks/python.desc: Add description for new tag. * checks/python.pm: check shebang of script for references to unversioned python, either directly or via /usr/bin/env. diff --git a/checks/python.desc b/checks/python.desc index f8d73e4fd..661e6cc86 100644 --- a/checks/python.desc +++ b/checks/python.desc @@ -198,3 +198,21 @@ Info: This source package encodes a Python version in its name such . Please override this tag with a suitably-commented override if there is no single upstream codebase that supports both versions. + +Tag: script-uses-unversioned-python-in-shebang +Severity: classification +Certainty: certain +Info: The package contain script with unversion python shebang. + There is discussion in python community to recommend soft-linking + python to python3 on newer distributions. + . + If and when Debian start following this recommendation, the script + will be broken. + . + The 2.x series of Python is due for deprecation and will not be maintained + by upstream past 2020 and will likely be dropped after the release of + Debian "buster". + . + If upstream have not moved or have no intention to move to Python 3, please + be certain that Debian would benefit from the continued inclusion of this + package and, if not, consider removing it. diff --git a/checks/python.pm b/checks/python.pm index ea1545254..0a6a2eb6d 100644 --- a/checks/python.pm +++ b/checks/python.pm @@ -246,6 +246,18 @@ sub _run_binary { } } + # Check for unversioned python shebang (#909510). + for my $file ($info->sorted_index) { + next unless $file->is_file; + next unless $file->is_open_ok; + next unless $file =~ m,(usr/)?bin/[^/]+,; + my $fd = $file->open(); + my $line = <$fd>; + tag 'script-uses-unversioned-python-in-shebang', $file + if $line =~ m,^#!\s*(/usr/bin/env\s*)?(/usr/bin/)?python$,; + close($fd); + } + return; } -- Note, that I send and fetch email in batch, once every 24 hours. If matter is urgent, try https://t.me/kaction --
