Make fitscheck check compliance by default
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Description
The ``fitscheck`` command only checks checksums by default, but has a ``--compliance`` flag to check for compliance with the FITS standard. As a user I had assumed for several years that ``fitscheck`` defaulted to doing compliance checking too. I think we should actually just turn on compliance checking by default and add a flag to disable it, since I think other users will likely be expecting the same.
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Research direction
Start by locating the fitscheck command entry point and reading how checksum checking and the --compliance flag are implemented. Inspect any nearby command tests if available; done means compliance checking is enabled by default and a flag can disable it while checksum behavior remains covered.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100