Re: Reviving Debian QA
*Martin Schulze wrote:
> . Check if all packages providing user programs (X11 or not) come
> with menu files
>
> - Such packages have to call update-menus in their postinst and
> prerm scripts
Lintian does this. (ie, if menu entry is there, it checks for
calling menu-updates.) (This brings up the ever increasing inadequacy of the
current section system, but that is another story...)
> . Check if all packages that provide documentation register it for
> dwww, doc-base or whatever
I think about 1% do this. (None of mine ...)
> If you find packages which lack support for some of the features
> mentioned above the proper action would be to file a wishlist bug
> report. The bug report has to point to accurate documentation or
> better include a description of the missing feature and a description
> how to solve this. It would be best if the report would include a
> proper patch/menu file/doc file etc.
I still think that not having a home page url in the description (if the
url exists) merits a wishlist bug. It is useful to browse the home page
from the package description pages before deciding whether to download.
--
John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>, lapeyre@debian.org
Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre
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