[xml/sgml] package categories

Mark Johnson mrj@debian.org
Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:09:51 -0500


On Wednesday, November 12, Graham Wilson wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 06:42:48PM -0600, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote:
> > Mark Johnson (mrj@debian.org) wrote:
> > > On Monday, November 10, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote:
> > > > The overview should contain links to the PTS, the BTS, the buildds, etc.
> > > > Basically, the first thing I would like to see is overview of all these
> > > > packages and links to all the appropriate places in the Debian datamine
> > > > for each package.  That way, we can easily track bugs and other issues.
> > > 
> > > Sounds like a great idea, and like a lot of work (and maintenance). 
> > 
> > Well, if we e.g. "Debian XML/SGML Project <...@...>" as maintainer of all the
> > packages we maintain through the project, then we get automagically a page
> > like the following:
> > 
> >     http://qa.debian.org/developer.php/developer.php?login=ardo
> > 
> > which contains all the info and link one needs (and more).
> 
> That sounds like the way to go, Ardo. I will add some information about
> this to the packaging guide (which I hope to get posted soon).

Amen. Sorry for not fully grokking your point(s) Ardo. You're idea is
a great!

So, if we use the <debian-xml-sgml@lists.alioth.org> as the
'Maintainer' in debian/control, should we just deal with the
'Uploaders' field as needed?

Cheers,
Mark
> 
> -- 
> gram

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