Bug#857123: lintian: warning about missing classpath is confusing

2017-09-03 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 857123 + pending thanks > I don't see the point in keeping the check in its current state, so > better remove it for now until someone who really works with Java > packages comes up with a better plan. Sure. Better to be able to "trust" Lintian and, of course, we can easily revert it later

Bug#857123: lintian: warning about missing classpath is confusing

2017-09-02 Thread Markus Koschany
Control: tags -1 - moreinfo Hey, I am the bug reporter and asked that question, so I'm not quite sure what else is needed to resolve this issue. I don't see the point in keeping the check in its current state, so better remove it for now until someone who really works with Java packages comes

Bug#857123: lintian: warning about missing classpath is confusing

2017-09-01 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 857123 + moreinfo thanks > Can someone give a concrete example? (Tagging as moreinfo...) Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-

Bug#857123: lintian: warning about missing classpath is confusing

2017-07-10 Thread Markus Koschany
Am 06.07.2017 um 21:21 schrieb Niels Thykier: > Hi, > > Can we do anything to improve its detection accuracy? If not, I suspect > it might be better to simply remove the check if newer packaging > practises have made it (mostly) obsolete. I'm not sure. For Maven projects the check could be

Bug#857123: lintian: warning about missing classpath is confusing

2017-07-06 Thread Niels Thykier
On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 10:32:18 +0100 Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > Le 8/03/2017 à 10:19, Markus Koschany a écrit : > > > I suggest to remove this Lintian tag or lower the severity from > > warning to info. > > +1 for lowering the severity to info. > > Emmanuel Bourg > > > Hi,

Bug#857123: lintian: warning about missing classpath is confusing

2017-03-08 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 8/03/2017 à 10:19, Markus Koschany a écrit : > I suggest to remove this Lintian tag or lower the severity from > warning to info. +1 for lowering the severity to info. Emmanuel Bourg

Bug#857123: lintian: warning about missing classpath is confusing

2017-03-08 Thread Markus Koschany
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.50.1 Severity: normal Hi, I think the Lintian warning about a "missing classpath" in Java libraries and applications is not very helpful at the moment. Newcomers and even seasoned Java developers are either confused by it or simply ignore it thus its usefulness is