Package: reportbug
Version: 6.4.4
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi,
Following a breakfast discussion, I've taken a stab at improving the ITP
template to encourage prospective maintainers to provide more
information about the package and its planned maintenance.
Patch attached. :)
Lucas
diff -Nru reportbug-6.4.4/debian/changelog reportbug-6.4.4+nmu1/debian/changelog
--- reportbug-6.4.4/debian/changelog 2013-03-12 23:45:53.000000000 +0100
+++ reportbug-6.4.4+nmu1/debian/changelog 2013-08-08 09:50:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+reportbug (6.4.4+nmu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Improve the ITP template to ask for more information.
+
+ -- Lucas Nussbaum <lu...@debian.org> Thu, 08 Aug 2013 09:49:57 +0200
+
reportbug (6.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
* reportbug/ui/gtk2_ui.py
diff -Nru reportbug-6.4.4/reportbug/debbugs.py reportbug-6.4.4+nmu1/reportbug/debbugs.py
--- reportbug-6.4.4/reportbug/debbugs.py 2013-03-12 23:45:53.000000000 +0100
+++ reportbug-6.4.4+nmu1/reportbug/debbugs.py 2013-08-08 09:53:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -577,6 +577,15 @@
Description : %(short_desc)s
(Include the long description here.)
+
+ Please also include as much relevant information as possible.
+ For example, consider answering the following questions:
+ - why is this package useful/relevant? is it a dependency for
+ another package? do you use it? if there are other packages
+ providing similar functionality, how does it compare?
+ - how do you plan to maintain it? inside a packaging team
+ (check list at https://wiki.debian.org/Teams)? are you
+ looking for co-maintainers?
""")
