"I take" this unnumbered task:
Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Actually what I need is a much better main page for the QA web site : > http://tux.u-strasbg.fr/~raphael/qa/ > > I need a text explaining how people can work for debian-qa. Basically it > should explain : > - subscribe to debian-qa > - choose a task on the web site > - update the website with a simple command to the bot > "I take <task_num>" > This way we know that someone is working on it > - work on the task, once the job has been done, mark the task > as "patch available". Command to send to the bot : > "patch <task_num>" > - grab another task and start again. :) > > I'd like to have a little text explaining what we expect from maintainers. > A text describing the job of a "good" maintainer. This is something that > we don't have (the developers reference is much more about technical > considerations). It could say things like : > - take contact with the upstream author > - cooperate with the upstream author > - always respond to a bug report, everybody must be able to know what you > plans to do with this bug report > - correct bug reports rapidly if possible (ask help upstream if needed) > - always follow the latest policy > - do what is needed to correct /rapidly/ release critical bugs > - orphan the package as soon as you can't do everything mentionned > above > > I need also a more complete documentation of the bots. One bot is for > the committee or the other bot if for everybody. Here are the command > recognized by this bot : > ---- > patch <task-id> [{yes|no|true|false|1|0}] > reassign <task-id> <package> > description <task-id> The new description > submit-date <task-id> YYYY-MM-DD > patch-date <task-id> YYYY-MM-DD > done <task-id> [{yes|no|true|false|0|1}] > i take <task-id> > taken by <task-id> Firstname Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > never-ending <task-id> [{yes|no|true|false|1|0}] > progress <task-id> <an integer between 0 and 100> > priority <task-id> <an integer> > bugs <task-id> <bug number 1> <bug number 2> ... > meta-task <task-id> <task-id of the meta-task> > help needed for <package> [{yes|no|true|false|1|0}] > orphan <package> [{yes|no|true|false|1|0}] > long description <task-id> <<EOF > This is a long > .... > description. > EOF > status <task-i> <<EOF > This task is mostly completed but we have > still some issues ... > EOF > thanks > end > > <task-id> is an integer eventually preceded by a '#'. > <package> is the name of a package. > > For the HTML ouput of the long description and of the status, > please note that an empty line will be replaced by <P> and > that the URLs will automatically be clickable. > ----