<s>
Lintian	B-Application
is	O
a	O
helper	O
tool	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
dpkg	B-Language
,	O
the	O
Debian	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
checks	O
Debian	O
software	B-Application
packages	I-Application
for	O
common	O
inconsistencies	O
and	O
errors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
Debian	O
FTP	O
masters	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
use	O
Lintian	B-Application
to	O
automatically	O
reject	O
packages	O
uploaded	O
to	O
Debian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
issues	O
diagnosed	O
by	O
Lintian	B-Application
had	O
rare	O
exceptions	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
overridden	O
by	O
the	O
maintainer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
to	O
use	O
Lintian	B-Application
as	O
an	O
automatic	O
rejection	O
mechanism	O
was	O
proposed	O
already	O
in	O
1998	O
by	O
Christian	O
Schwarz	O
,	O
when	O
he	O
announced	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Lintian	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linda	O
was	O
another	O
application	O
that	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
overcome	O
many	O
difficulties	O
with	O
Lintian	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
was	O
faster	O
than	O
current	O
versions	O
of	O
Lintian	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Lintian	B-Application
was	O
better	O
known	O
and	O
underwent	O
many	O
fixes	O
to	O
overcome	O
past	O
difficulties	O
.	O
</s>
