What is REVU-Tools

REVU-Tools is a set of scripts used on [:REVU] to automatize the reviewing process.

It is included in the REVU svn, and distributed on http://revu.tauware.de/~raphink .

How to use it

On [:REVU], only REVU admins can run these tools. If you are not a REVU admin, ask one to run it on the package you want to review.

If you are a review admin, wanting to review a $package updated on $date, and $url is the url of the $upstream tarball, run

cd /var/revu/revu1-incoming/$package-$date
wget $url
revu-report $package_blahblah.dsc $upstream

This will generate report files in the current directory, that will appear on the REVU interface.

The main file to look at is REVU_report, that gathers most of the useful informations gotten from the scripts :

• Whether the package FTBFS
• Whether the upstream tarball has been changed

• Whether debuild && debuild -S -sa generates files in diff.gz outside of debian/

• Whether lintian and linda are happy about the package

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