Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 12:14:41PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > ...argh. unused-override is *info*-level? > > > > > > That explains why I didn't see it by default, but is there any > > > particular reason for that? > > > > It's been that way since at least lintian 1.23 (April 2004)

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Processing control commands: > retitle -1 Please count "unnecessary overrides" in summary line Bug #909319 [lintian] Doesn't show unused override Changed Bug title to 'Please count "unnecessary overrides" in summary line' from 'Doesn't show unused override'. -- 909319:

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

Control: retitle -1 Please count "unnecessary overrides" in summary line On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 02:12:58PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Josh Triplett writes: > > > While I do think unused-override makes sense as a warning, here's an > > alternative that would have worked for the issue I ran

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

Josh Triplett writes: > While I do think unused-override makes sense as a warning, here's an > alternative that would have worked for the issue I ran into: > Could Lintian's summary line mention unused overrides? > The line that says: > N: 1 tag overridden (1 error) > could say: > N: 1 tag

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 01:18:08PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Josh Triplett writes: > > > Would there be any objection to upgrading it to a warning (not an error, > > just a warning)? > > I vaguely recall us considering doing that, but the concern was that > overrides are a mechanism to keep

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

Josh Triplett writes: > Would there be any objection to upgrading it to a warning (not an error, > just a warning)? I vaguely recall us considering doing that, but the concern was that overrides are a mechanism to keep people using Lintian who are pretty sensitive to unnecessary tags. So

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 08:04:37PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:58 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 07:44:05PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > > On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:40 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > > It no longer triggers that tag as of

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:58 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 07:44:05PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:40 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > It no longer triggers that tag as of lintian 2.5.104, which > > > allows > > > metapackages to depend on

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 07:44:05PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:40 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > It no longer triggers that tag as of lintian 2.5.104, which allows > > metapackages to depend on toolchain packages. > > Right, sorry, I missed that the stretch-backports

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:40 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > It no longer triggers that tag as of lintian 2.5.104, which allows > metapackages to depend on toolchain packages. Right, sorry, I missed that the stretch-backports package is lagging a little. However, running from a current lintian git

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 07:38:32PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 10:34 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > Control: retitle -1 Doesn't show unused override > > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 06:41:14PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > [...] > > > Check out

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

Control: retitle -1 Doesn't show unused override On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 06:41:14PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 09:12:40AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > Sometimes an override becomes unnecessary, either because the package > > changed to not need it or lintian changed

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Processing control commands: > retitle -1 Doesn't show unused override Bug #909319 [lintian] Show unnecessary overrides Changed Bug title to 'Doesn't show unused override' from 'Show unnecessary overrides'. -- 909319: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=909319 Debian Bug Tracking

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Processing control commands: > tag -1 moreinfo Bug #909319 [lintian] Show unnecessary overrides Added tag(s) moreinfo. -- 909319: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=909319 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

Control: tag -1 moreinfo On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 09:12:40AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > Sometimes an override becomes unnecessary, either because the package > changed to not need it or lintian changed to become more discerning and > no longer flags the package. Either way, at that point the

Bug#909319: Show unnecessary overrides

Package: lintian Version: 2.5.104 Severity: normal Sometimes an override becomes unnecessary, either because the package changed to not need it or lintian changed to become more discerning and no longer flags the package. Either way, at that point the override becomes unnecessary. Lintian should

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