On 11/08/08 at 09:24 +0200, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> writes: > > Package: developers-reference > > > > Mentioned on -devel@: > [...] > >> Where's that written? I don't mean to be objectionable, but no such > >> requirement is listed in the developer's reference: > >> http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/pkgs.html#newpackage > >> > >> I think it's more important to submit an ITP early to avoid duplicate > >> work than to spend more time perfecting the package description. > > Ehm: > > | You should set the subject of the bug to ITP: foo -- short > | description, substituting the name of the new package for foo. The > | severity of the bug report must be set to wishlist. Please send a copy > | to <debian-devel@lists.debian.org> 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. > > I think this bug should be closed again. No, I think that we should just add something like: It is important that, in the ITP, you provide the description that you are going to use in the package. That way, other debian-devel@ readers can review it and suggest improvements. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lucas@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F |
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