Re: guix lint false positives and RFC patch

[Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>]

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On 2022-11-03, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> skribis:
>
>> --- a/guix/lint.scm
>> +++ b/guix/lint.scm
>> @@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ (define (tests-explicitly-enabled?)
>>        '()))
>>  
>>  (define (properly-starts-sentence? s)
>> -  (string-match "^[(\"'`[:upper:][:digit:]]" s))
>> +  (string-match "^[(\"'`[:upper:][:digit:]]"
>> +                (string-replace-substring s "@code{" "")))
>
> An identifier in @code or file name in @file may legitimately start with
> a lower-case letter so I don’t think we should try to prevent that.
>
> However, maybe we could change the regexp above to something that
> accepts @ or some other non-letter character at the start?

Great suggestion, as it is simpler, easier to read, and actually covers
more false positives! Updated patch attached!

I think there was only one case fixed by the @code{} check for the
synopsis length check, and I don't see any obvious other @*{} checks
that would currently improve anything, though it would be ideal to make
it more future-proof just in case... though I think my attempt at that
would be awfully ugly, help from others would be welcome!

That said, I think this resolves 52 false positives with guix lint (~10%
of the 536 synopsis/description issues currently).


live well,
  vagrant

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From d4ddd4a90f18666352b07a4ebe0ed6b79c74f21e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 19:56:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] guix: lint: Exclude some "@" symbols from various checks.

The visual representation of "@code{}" or similar in the description and
synopsis do not include the string, so exclude it from checks to avoid false
positives.

FIXME handle @command, @file, @acronym, etc.

* guix/linx.scm (properly-starts-sentence): Exclude leading "@".
  (check-synopsis-length): Exclude "@code{".
---
 guix/lint.scm | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/guix/lint.scm b/guix/lint.scm
index 8e3976171f..26d8f59a2c 100644
--- a/guix/lint.scm
+++ b/guix/lint.scm
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ (define (tests-explicitly-enabled?)
       '()))
 
 (define (properly-starts-sentence? s)
-  (string-match "^[(\"'`[:upper:][:digit:]]" s))
+  (string-match "^[@(\"'`[:upper:][:digit:]]" s))
 
 (define (starts-with-abbreviation? s)
   "Return #t if S starts with what looks like an abbreviation or acronym."
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ (define check-start-article
               '()))))
 
   (define (check-synopsis-length synopsis)
-    (if (>= (string-length synopsis) 80)
+    (if (>= (string-length (string-replace-substring synopsis "@code{" "")) 80)
         (list
          (make-warning package
                        (G_ "synopsis should be less than 80 characters long")
-- 
2.35.1


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