Automatic lint reports (was: Re: [MacPorts] SummerOfCode modified)

Rainer Müller raimue at macports.org
Mon Mar 25 02:04:44 PDT 2013


Hello,

On 2013-03-25 08:54, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Mar 24, 2013, at 07:07, Rainer Müller wrote:
>> On 2013-03-22 01:29, MacPorts wrote:
>>> Page "SummerOfCode" was changed by cal at macports.org
>>> Diff URL: <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCode?action=diff&version=202>
>>> Revision 202
>>> Comment: Delete task that is 1. very easy to implement using a cronjob and a script, 2. referencing a setup we no longer have (or never had?)
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> -==== Check for software update / ports needing upgrade ==== #livecheck
>>> -
>>> -The livecheck mechanism could be extended to automatically send reports when ports are outdated, similar to how the lint mechanism sends reports on portfile commits.
>>
>> The automatic lint should still happen after each commit. It sends a
>> mail to the committer and maintainers in the Portfile if a problem is
>> detected by 'port lint'.
> 
> I haven't seen a lint email in months. I suppose it got turned off, but I don't know if that was on purpose or by accident, or perhaps an oversight during a server reconfiguration.

Bill, could you please clarify whether the automatic lint is still meant
to work?

Rainer


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