Re: package errors requiring human judgment to detect?

2011-11-02 Thread Arno Töll
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, additionally to what Jakub says you may want to check: * Are package names and descriptions really expressive? * Are sections and priorities in debian/control all good? * Check (build-)dependencies + Are all dependencies declared? In

Re: package errors requiring human judgment to detect?

2011-11-02 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! Am 01.11.2011 19:07, schrieb Jakub Wilk: - debian/copyright is incomplete or inadequate. FWIW: That's by far the most common reason for a Reject from the NEW queue. Best regards, Alexander, who by incident didn't had to reject a package today ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: package errors requiring human judgment to detect?

2011-11-02 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 02:10:39PM +0100, Arno Töll wrote: * Check (build-)dependencies + Are all dependencies declared? In particular: Does the package make use of external commands/includes only insofar they are (build-)essential? + Can they be satisfied in main? + Are they properly

Re: package errors requiring human judgment to detect?

2011-11-02 Thread Arno Töll
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Andrey, On 02.11.2011 15:02, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: * Does the watch file work (if any) This requires network access but can be tested automatically, isn't it? Yes, it can. We do so at Debexpo. However, the question originally was what

Re: package errors requiring human judgment to detect?

2011-11-02 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
Le mercredi 2 novembre 2011 15:02:13, Andrey Rahmatullin a écrit : On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 02:10:39PM +0100, Arno Töll wrote: * Check (build-)dependencies + Are all dependencies declared? In particular: Does the package make use of external commands/includes only insofar they are

Re: package errors requiring human judgment to detect?

2011-11-01 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Paul Elliott pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com, 2011-10-31, 02:47: Does anyone have a list of the most common errors that can not be caught by lintian because they require human judgment to detect? This is a list of bugs that I spot regularly when reviewing packages: - debian/rules doesn't trap

package errors requiring human judgment to detect?

2011-10-31 Thread Paul Elliott
Does anyone have a list of the most common errors that can not be caught by lintian because they require human judgment to detect? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J

Re: package errors requiring human judgment to detect?

2011-10-31 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Paul Elliott wrote: Does anyone have a list of the most common errors that can not be caught by lintian because they require human judgment to detect? http://mentors.debian.net/intro-reviewers