Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> writes:
> 1. debhelper
> I've found that some applicants don't really understand debhelper
> very well. I'd like to add a question that asks what debhelper is,
> what purposes it serves, what alternatives are available, and how to
> use it properly (debian/compat, build-depends, ${misc:Depends},
> basically the stuff covered in
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/03/msg00002.html).
Sounds OK.
> 2. version control
> I can't remember where I wanted to go with this one. I guess the
> idea was that applicants should have a basic understanding of
> cvs/subversion/arch, and maybe should understand the benefits of
> maintaining packages with version control.
Well, the problem here is that everyone uses his own home-grown system
to manage his source packages, so it will be very tricky to create some
useful questions.
> 3. debconf, ucf
[...]
> 4. debconf notes vs. debian/NEWS
[...]
ACK.
> 5. testing migration
> How packages migrate to testing, how to diagnose and fix migration
> problems, and where to ask for help...
Actually, i think question 14 in the new, splitted P&P templates ("There
are many Debian suites [...] How does a package get from one to the
other?") covers a part of this. At least i want to read something about
the testing migration as answer...
> 6. "pristine" tarballs
ACK.
> 7. library packaging
>
> I'd like to see some more questions about library packaging, since it
> can be very tricky and many people, including existing developers,
> make mistakes with it. In particular sonames, shlibs,
> ${shlibs:Depends}, dpkg-shlibdeps, and especially proper use of
> dh_makeshlibs.
NACK. Not all DDs want to package C libs. I've removed the old W3
question (difference between -Bsymbolic and symbol versioning) from my
local templates because of that.
I also had a TODO list somewhere, but i can't find it right now. *sigh*
Marc
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