Hi, On Nov 24, 2007 1:11 AM, Richi Plana <myfedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > As a first-time Package Maintainer, I've come to realize what a great > tool rpmlint is. Even after reading the Package Maintainers Guideline, I > found rpmlint helpful in reminding me of things I've read but just > forgotten (and, *abashedly*, let me know of things I skipped over). Best > of all, most of the "info" it provided told me what the problem was, and > some of the info even told me what to do about it. > > The enhancement I'm making a request of is to actually improve that > latter part: the informing the PM what to do with regards to an error. > Rpmlint is in a great position to know details of user's error. What > would be nice is if there was a main database of Errors and Warnings as > well as ways to fix it. > > It would be nice if rpmlint (via the -i option) could provide more > information about fixing the problem. It could also have URL at the > bottom with a link to a wiki which could contain more information (in > case it's too long to add to the docs), and the wiki could have user > contributed notes at the bottom (a'la http://docs.php.net/manual/en/). > There could be one error or warning per page. > > Example output: > > $ rpmlint -i package-<version>.<arch>.rpm > package.<arch>: W: incoherent-version-in-changelog 0.99.7-1.fc7 > 1.0-1.fc7 > The last entry in %changelog contains a version identifier that is not > coherent with the epoch:version-release tuple of the package. > > Read more at > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ParagNemade/CommonRpmlintErrors#head-361831a4bde352cd7587024823d9a3a40464d225 > > > > +----------+ +------+ > | Database | <----> | Wiki | > +==========+ +------+ > | Errors | > | Fixes | +---------+ > | Warnings | -----> | rpmlint | > | Fixes | +---------+ > +----------+ > > Currently, there are 2 pages on the Wiki > (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ParagNemade/CommonRpmlintErrors and > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/CommonRpmlintIssues ) but they > hasn't kept up with rpmlint and is incomplete. It also has some nice > nuggets that's missing from rpmlint. > > This may not mean much to seasoned packagers, but wannabes are going to > find this golden. > > If that's too complicated, how about an update of the > CommonRpmlintErrors page, at the least? ;) When I started with Fedora Project and started reviewing package I was in need of common rpmlint messages listed on some page for easy look back to them for how to solve them and ask packager/submitter to fix those rpmlint messages. Later on as I got used to with reviewing packages and rpmlint output I left updating that page. But If you want some more messages and their fixes should be listed there then I will do that. Regards, Parag. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
