Hi! Am Sonntag, den 07.12.2008, 03:09 +0100 schrieb Frank Lin PIAT: > I have written a small script[1] to compare the list of packages > provided by two distributions. I've had such idea for a while, but I > must admit that Nokia's matrix[2] deserve some credit. lool, almost same time. I announced my first version of an extremely similar script although already on saturday: <http://lists.backports.org/lurker-bpo/message/20081206.112628.468dfca8.en.html> ;) > I wrote the script having in mind that the list could be linked/attached > to the release notes. I wrote mine to make it useful for backports tracking - thus it does only list packages that actually exist in etch-backports, not non-existing. :) > The generated file is html, and isn't translatable, but that should be > trivial to change, if you think it worth it. Just let me know. Same here. ;) > The script can still be improved: > - for removed packages: add link to release-manager's reasons for > dropped packages + bug. > - for new packages: link to ITP. > - for new packages that actually replace an existing one, mention it. > - Process non-free repository, so packages moved from main to non-free > aren't considered as "removed", but marked as non-free. > ... it would be sensible to rewrite the script in perl/python before > implementing those features... If the lists prove to be useful. (That's > probably going to wait for Squeeze). My script is done in perl already and propably could be a useful ground for the rewrite. About your mentioned improvements: How would you reliable extract the RM and ITP bug reports (if any), and replacing informations? That's the most tricky part and propably not really automatable - so I'd work with an external "hint" file/database. So long. :) Rhonda
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