Debian Bug report logs - #898091
lintian: Alter the semantics (etc.) of --pedantic?

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Package: lintian; Maintainer for lintian is Debian Lintian Maintainers <[email protected]>; Source for lintian is src:lintian (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Lucas Nussbaum <[email protected]>

Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 14:09:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version lintian/2.5.39

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clone 884499 -1
retitle -1 lintian: Alter the semantics (etc.) of --pedantic?
severity -1 wishlist
tags -1 + moreinfo
thanks

Hi Russ 

> […]

At the very least lets not lose this conversation in a somewhat-
unrelated bug, hence cloning etc. Tagging as "moreinfo" for now.

> lintian --suggestions, maybe?

Well, I was trying to avoid the early bikeshedding on the name, more
trying to capture the different essence. :)


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