New namcap version

16 Jul

I just released a new namcap version (2.3). These are the changes:

namcap (2.3)

  • - New tags:
    • elffile-not-in-allowed-dirs (FS#15299)
    • gnome-mime-file (checks for GNOME mime files)
    • mime-cache-not-updated (checks for update-mime-database calls)
    • hicolor-icon-cache-not-updated (FS#15028)
    • insecure-rpath (FS#14049)
    • non-fhs-info-page (FHS compliance of installed info pages)
    • pkgname-in-description (pkgname should not be in description)
    • potential-non-fhs-info-page
  • - Removed tags:
    • missing-cvs-id
    • maintainer-tags-for-tus-devs
    • cvs-id-for-tus-devs
  • Added rule to look for .a files with wrong permissions
  • Report dangling symlinks as an error (dangling-symlink)
  • Added sf.net urls in sfurl module.
  • Support machine-parseable tags (use -m to see them)
  • Add covered packages to dependencies
  • gnomemime uses /usr/share/ directory now
  • Removed obsolete module gnomemenu
  • Namcap now prints a warning if a package is empty
  • Prevent crash when namcap fails to open a file (FS#14371)
  • Script detection generalised, supports more scripts (FS#15160)
  • Documentation updates (manual page, AUTHORS, README)
  • Add an option to exclude some rules from the checks

I would like to thanks Abhishek Dasgupta, who helped a lot and was very important to this release.

If you find a bug or have a feature request, please, report it on our bug tracker. Don't be shy. :)

One Response to “New namcap version”

  1. Tomas 16. Jul, 2009 at 17:34 #

    Tem que atualizar o wiki. Lá ainda tá mostrando versão 2.2.

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