Re: Python Transition, Mass Bug fill and NMUs...
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> Yesterday, a last round of bugs has been filled against packages that
> may need an upgrade to comply with the recent python policy[1].
That's great! We all want python to be python2.4 in etch, thanks for
your work.
We already discussed together why it would be nice to announce /
discuss future mass bug filings to allow peer review (also when
reporting bugs that were missed by the initial filing). Here are some
suggestions of things I think would have improved the Python
transition:
- status of the transition Wiki page: a summary of steps which are in
progress (pointer to python transition pseudo-bug, pointers to the
list of bugs to be fixed in the mass bug filing, description of the
step)
- collection of things to do and no to do: this is both intended as a
reference of things that we have discussed and decided to be good or
wrong, and might help in defining the exact criteria prior to e.g. a
mass bug filing; this probably belong to the FAQ on the Wiki
- test suite
I've found some Wiki pages approaching these, such as the
DebianPythonTODO, DebianPythonFAQ, or the DebianPython/NewPolicy pages,
but they didn't cover the results of discussions that happened on the
debian-python@ lists before, during, or after the implementation of the
python packaging tools.
It seems to me it's a bit late to do this now, but if people find some
of the above interesting, I might take some time during my holidays
(starting friday) for this.
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Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>
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