Re: Debian QA system lecture at Haifux - help needed
Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Hi all,
Debian is a community Linux distribution (and some say THE community
Linux distribution). It is most unique in having tens of thousands of
packages on one hand, and yet allowing a smooth end-user experience
in which every Debian package is a single "apt-get install" away on
the other. In order to achieve this goal, a complex set of strict QA
and developer certification procedure exists, which tries to make
sure, in as automatic a way as possible, that the debs packaged for
Debian will work.
This lecture will give an overview of debianizing an open source
project. More importantly, it will talk about the process a package
has to go through in order to be considered a part of Debian's "main"
archive, with a special focus on software QA processes.
Hi all,
It's not ready yet (totally incomplete), but if anyone is interested in
have a look at the unfinished work, it's available (in OpenOffice
format) at http://www.lingnu.com/tmp/Debian%20QA.sxi. Any feedback would
be welcome. I'll keep updating it during the day, as I further write the
lecture.
Thanks,
Shachar
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