Hi all, it's been a long time since the last status update about the PTS. So here it is.
An interesting feature has been added to the PTS a few months ago. You can add custom information to the PTS web page. This feature has been documented in the developers-reference : http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-resources.en.html#s-pts-web You can see how "static news" appears on the debian-cd page for example: http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/debian-cd.html Concerning the figures, we have now over 3000 subscriptions from 1500 different emails on 1650 different source packages. Here's a dump of the relevant paragraphs of the documentation: ---- This web interface has been designed like a portal for the development of packages: you can add custom content on your packages' pages. You can add "static information" (news items that are meant to stay available indefinitely) and news items in the "latest news" section. Static news items can be used to indicate: * the availability of a project hosted on Alioth for co-maintaining the package * a link to the upstream web site * a link to the upstream bug tracker * the existence of an IRC channel dedicated to the software * any other available resource that could be useful in the maintenance of the package Usual news items may be used to announce that: * beta packages are available for testing * final packages are expected for next week * the packaging is about to be redone from scratch * backports are available * the maintainer is on vacation (if they wish to publish this information) * a NMU is being worked on * something important will affect the package Both kinds of news are generated in a similar manner: you just have to send an email either to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The mail should indicate which package is concerned by having the name of the source package in a X-PTS-Package mail header or in a Package pseudo-header (like the BTS reports). If a URL is available in the X-PTS-Url mail header or in the Url pseudo-header, then the result is a link to that URL instead of a complete news item. Here are a few examples of valid mails used to generate news items in the PTS. The first one adds a link to the cvsweb interface of debian-cd in the "Static information" section: From: Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Browse debian-cd CVS repository with cvsweb Package: debian-cd Url: http://cvs.debian.org/debian-cd/ The second one is an announcement sent to a mailing list which is also sent to the PTS so that it is published on the PTS web page of the package. Note the use of the BCC field to avoid answers sent to the PTS by mistake. From: Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-gtk-gnome@lists.debian.org Bcc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Galeon 2.0 backported for woody X-PTS-Package: galeon Hello gnomers! I'm glad to announce that galeon has been backported for woody. You'll find everything here: ... Think twice before adding a news item to the PTS because you won't be able to remove it later and you won't be able to edit it either. The only thing that you can do is send a second news item that will deprecate the information contained in the previous one. ---- Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog -+- http://www.ouaza.com Formation Linux et logiciel libre : http://www.logidee.com Earn money with free software: http://www.geniustrader.org
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