On 11/08/08 at 10:19 -0300, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 11/08/08 at 09:24 +0200, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > > Lucas Nussbaum <[email protected]> writes: > > > Package: developers-reference > > > > > > Mentioned on -devel@: > > [...] > > >> Where's that written? I don't mean to be objectionable, but no such > > >> requirement is listed in the developer's reference: > > >> http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/pkgs.html#newpackage > > >> > > >> I think it's more important to submit an ITP early to avoid duplicate > > >> work than to spend more time perfecting the package description. > > > > Ehm: > > > > | You should set the subject of the bug to ITP: foo -- short > > | description, substituting the name of the new package for foo. The > > | severity of the bug report must be set to wishlist. Please send a copy > > | to <[email protected]> by using the X-Debbugs-CC header > > | (don't use CC:, because that way the message's subject won't indicate > > | the bug number). If you are packaging so many new packages (>10) that > > | notifying the mailing list in seperate messages is too disruptive, do > > | send a summary after filing the bugs to the debian-devel list > > | instead. This will inform the other developers about upcoming packages > > | and will allow a review of your description and package name. > > > > I think this bug should be closed again. > > No, I think that we should just add something like: > It is important that, in the ITP, you provide the description that you > are going to use in the package. That way, other debian-devel@ readers > can review it and suggest improvements.
Actually, I agree that it's already in dev-ref. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [email protected] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [email protected] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
