Re: guix lint should support overrides

[zimoun]

Hi Vgrant,

On mer., 24 août 2022 at 14:06, Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> wrote:

> Maybe something like:
>
> (define-public thispackages
>   (package
>    (name "thispackages"
>    ...
>    (lint-overides
>     (list
>         ;; The upstream name is actually "This Packages", not a typo.
>         "typo in description: 'This Packages' should be 'This Package'")) 
>
> And then guix lint would hide or ignore things that would otherwise emit
> the strings listed in lint-overrides ... or something like that. Maybe
> exact match, maybe get into a little pattern matching, not
> sure. Implementation is not my strong point here. :)

Well, it is possible to turn off one specific checker for one package;
using the ’properties’ field.  However, this “overides” requires more
work. :-)

Basically, the wish is for description and synopsis and mainly for typo,
right?


Cheers,
simon