Re: Bug#1137424: lintian/dev-ref: false positive embedded-javascript-library

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From: Soren Stoutner <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 12:59:47 -0700
Message-ID: <2350158.iZASKD2KPV@soren-desktop>
Organization: Debian
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Saturday, May 23, 2026 12:49:39=E2=80=AFPM Mountain Standard Time Holger=
 Levsen=20
wrote:
> On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 08:28:14PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > > 3.) should I override the lintian warning in dev-ref?
> >=20
> > Please don't. Override should be reserved to pathological cases where a
> > package is a policy exception, not to hide lintian false postive.
>=20
> I disagree. (But I also think this is the least interest aspect of this b=
ug
> report.)

When lintian has a false-positive that can be corrected in the logic of the=
=20
lintian check, I usually file a lintian bug report and override the false=20
positive with a link to the bug report while I am waiting for it to be fixe=
d.

When lintian has a false-positive that is not possible for the lintian chec=
k=20
to detect (there are lots of these, for example the tag very-long-line-leng=
th-
in-source-file) then I override the lintian false positive with an explanat=
ion=20
of why it doesn=E2=80=99t apply.  Checks like these are valuable lintian ta=
gs because=20
they help me find problems in the source code, like minified JavaScript.  B=
ut=20
they can also flag files that aren=E2=80=99t problems, and it is important =
to be able=20
to mark those as overridden after they have been manually reviewed.

Note that this isn=E2=80=99t a comment on the best way to handle this situa=
tion, just=20
a note that overriding lintian false-positives is indeed the correct behavi=
or=20
in many cases.

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Soren Stoutner
[email protected]
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