On Thu, Oct 22 2009, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Oct 22 2009, Raphael Geissert wrote: >> Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >> > I also think that style issues should not be a part of even >> > Pedantic checks. If a package is using a different, and arguably >> > better style, then lintian should keep its nose out. >> >> If there's a better style I guess nobody would object to consider recommend >> it or at least make sure lintian doesn't complain about it. > > Couldn't we have a category of warning/checks that is labelled > "stylistic"?
Whose style would you choose? I am all for idea if it is _my_ style which is selected, and every one else's style will be warned against. > That way, all odd-ball stylistic changes could be separated from > pedantic and enabled with an even wider range of things (like the > trailing-whitespace-at-eol issue, files that don't end with newline > etc). Different people have different styles. And electing to use one style over the other does not make a worse package, there is nothing that needs fixing here. Package helpers, patch systems or feature CVCS branches, emacs vs vi .... > I hope that you get the idea. I hope you do too. manoj -- Forgetfulness, n.: A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org