Re: pkglint & bulk-test-*

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> writes:

> I'm wondering about guiding people towards the meta-pkgs/bulk-test-*
> packages when updating a package.
>
> Possibly a special variable set in the Makefile for the base package a
> bulk-test-foo package is intended to test, with pkglint
> unconditionally showing a message strongly suggesting building the
> relevant bulk-test-foo before committing?
>
> We could just always put a comment in the relevant Makefile, but I was
> hoping for something a little more "in your face" for someone updating
> a package and running pkglint - similar to the way MAINTAINER is now

I suppose, but is the issue really that people updating packages with
lots of dependencies do not realize that it is important not to break
things, or is it that they do not care?