Re: [PATCH 1/2] lint: Check non-translated package descriptions.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> skribis:

> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> diff --git a/guix/scripts/lint.scm b/guix/scripts/lint.scm
>>> index b0427f7..0adb3bf 100644
>>> --- a/guix/scripts/lint.scm
>>> +++ b/guix/scripts/lint.scm
>>> @@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ monad."
>>>    (define (check-texinfo-markup description)
>>>      "Check that DESCRIPTION can be parsed as a Texinfo fragment.  If the
>>>  markup is valid return a plain-text version of DESCRIPTION, otherwise #f."
>>> -    (catch 'parser-error
>>> -      (lambda () (texi->plain-text description))
>>> -      (lambda (keys . args)
>>> -        (emit-warning package (_ "Texinfo markup in description is 
>>> invalid"))
>>> -        #f)))
>>> +    (unless (false-if-exception (texi->plain-text description))
>>> +      (emit-warning package
>>> +                    (_ "Texinfo markup in description is invalid")
>>> +                    'description)
>>> +      #f))
>>
>> In general, it’s best to avoid ‘false-if-exception’ because it’s too
>> coarse-grain.  Here it’s probably OK though, because we want to catch
>> any error that may occur in during the conversion.  So this patch is OK
>> (with appropriate commit log.)
>
> Ok, thanks for the explanation.
>
>
> From 429ff285609120c4135eb64f1d6911924a24f5e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:37:36 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] lint: Improve 'check-texinfo-markup'.
>
> * guix/scripts/lint.scm (check-description-style): Set 'field' parameter
>   when emitting a warning in 'check-texinfo-markup'.  Catch any error
>   that may occur in during the 'texi->plain-text' conversion.  This is a
>   followup to commit 2748ee3.

OK!

Thanks,
Ludo’.