Chris Lamb: > Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > >>> [..] I just think that lintian should be less pro-active at adding >>> checks for things that are far from accepted. >> >> That is why I propose introducing concept of "controversial" checks. > > I think we are all violently agreeing here. > >> Having Lintian plainly reject such proposals would mean need in creation >> of something like "lintian-unofficial" > > (Personally, I doubt someone would fork Lintian, more likely its > output would become less and less "trusted". But both outcomes suck.) > > > Best wishes, >
There would be no need to fork lintian over this. Lintian supports third-party checks (via third-party lintian profiles). With files in the proper place, you can have: lintian --profile debian/unofficial ... run lintian's built-in plus the extra unofficial checks. Thanks, ~Niels
