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 -- $_=')(hBCdzVnS})3..0}_$;//::niam/s~=)]3[))_$(rellac(=_$({pam(esrever })e$.)4/3* )e$(htgnel+23(rhc,"u"(kcapnu ,""nioj ;|_- |/+9-0z-aZ-A|rt~=e$;_$=e${pam tnirp{y V2ajFGabus} yV2ajFGa&{gwmclBHIbus}gwmclBHI&{yVGa09mbbus}yVGa09mb&{hBCdzVnSbus'; s/\n//g;s/bus/\nbus/g;eval scalar reverse # <mailto:marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
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