Hi Jeremy,
> Do you have a list of all the classification checks to
> help me reconsider?
control-tarball-compression-format
ctrl-script
data-tarball-compression-format
debhelper-autoscript-in-maintainer-scripts
debian-build-system
elf-maintainer-script
maintainer-script-interpreter
maybe-not-arch-all-binnmuable
no-ctrl-scripts
rules-does-not-require-root
rules-requires-root-explicitly
rules-requires-root-implicitly
source-format
I don't see how any of these (*) are useful to some wishing to
uncover hidden problems with their packages. Indeed, it is almost
certianly a net negative due to the additional output they would
emit, leading to stronger errors and warnings being potentially
hidden from human eyes.
> I don't show experimental tags.
To show classification tags yet not experimental ones is very rare
way of regularly using Lintian IMHO. Classification tags are designed
for reporting/statistics purposes, eg. generating pretty graphs on
lintian.debian.org.
Putting it another way, if you are using a classification tag for
_actionable_ advice, then it suggests that tag should not be a
classification tag.
(*) This, I believe, is the case for maybe-not-arch-all-binnmuable.
As I see it, it should be moved to a experimental severity and,
perhaps, something added to the text to underline that it should
not be blindly followed.
Regards,
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