On 18.05.2013 07:42, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [...] >> I know that some of those debtags are created automatically like >> "implemented-in-language" or "ui-toolkit". Have you ever considered >> to delegate the review process for the other ones back to the >> package maintainers? I'm thinking about another PTS indicator right >> beside the current debtags link which could signal that an update >> for debtags is available. > > As far as I know, there are no tags that are created automatically. http://wiki.debian.org/Debtags/FAQ states that new packages get tagged automatically. Otherwise i could not imagine why there are so many valid implemented-in or ui-toolkit tags. If not i believe the system could/should guess tags by looking at file extensions or dependencies. > I agree that more active QA is needed, but am not quite sure how it > should be done. I doubt more emails is a good idea. Lintian checks > might help, though. I have filed two bug reports and probably we should discuss things from now on right there. #708774 has been closed thus i have forwarded it to Enrico directly. http://bugs.debian.org/708772 http://bugs.debian.org/708774 One idea is about to warn maintainers about missing debtags, the other one is to allow them to confirm or request help for new debtags. Regards, Markus
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