On 13/06/08 at 00:54 +0200, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > tags 485837 + patch > thanks > > Thomas Viehmann <tv@beamnet.de> writes: > > Section 5.1 on New Packages currently contains the sentence > > > >> If you feel it's necessary, send a copy to > >> debian-devel@lists.debian.org by putting the address in the > >> X-Debbugs-CC: header of the message (no, don't use CC:, because that > >> way the message's subject won't indicate the bug number). > > > > I wonder whether it would be preferable to make using that a (strong) > > recommendation along the lines of > [...] > > I agree with this request. Proposed diff, please review: > > Index: pkgs.dbk > =================================================================== > --- pkgs.dbk (revision 5230) > +++ pkgs.dbk (working copy) > @@ -28,14 +28,17 @@ > current URL where it can be downloaded from. > </para> > <para> > -You should set the subject of the bug to ``ITP: <replaceable>foo</replaceable> > --- <replaceable>short description</replaceable>'', substituting the name of the > -new package for <replaceable>foo</replaceable>. The severity of the bug report > -must be set to <literal>wishlist</literal>. If you feel it's necessary, send > -a copy to &email-debian-devel; by putting the address in the > -<literal>X-Debbugs-CC:</literal> header of the message (no, don't use > -<literal>CC:</literal>, because that way the message's subject won't indicate > -the bug number). > +You should set the subject of the bug to <literal>ITP: <replaceable>foo > +</replaceable>-- <replaceable>short description</replaceable><literal>, > +substituting the name of the new package for <replaceable>foo</replaceable>. > +The severity of the bug report must be set to <literal>wishlist</literal>. > +Please send a copy to &email-debian-devel; by using the X-Debbugs-CC > +header (don't use CC:, because that way the message's subject won't > +indicate the bug number). If you are packaging so many new packages (>10) > +that notifying the mailing list in seperate messages is too disruptive, > +do send a summary after filing the bugs to the debian-devel list instead. > +This will inform the other developers about upcoming packages and will > +allow a review of your description and package name. > </para> > <para> > Please include a <literal>Closes: ACK from me at least :) -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lucas@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F |
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