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[http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html Some more suggestions from Debian (this time from the FTP masters instead of a random maintainer)]

The page intends to list tips to do a proper review and don't miss common bugs.

[http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/sponsorship_checklist.html Some suggestions from Debian ] [http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html Some more suggestions from Debian (this time from the FTP masters instead of a random maintainer)]

Same version, new revision

If you review another revision of an existing package, be sure to have a copy of the old version around.

# get source of new version
mkdir orig; cd orig; apt-get source <package>; cd ..
debdiff orig/<package>_old-version.dsc <package>_new-version.dsc | less

This should give a nice overview of what changed, make notes of what to double check or ask the maintainer.

Thing always to do

Always check

  • head -n1 debian/changelog
    to have the correct release target.
  • If debian/rules changed, ask the maintainer, what he intended to do.

  • Make sure the original tarballs are the same (md5sum(1)).

After it built

If you built the package (PbuilderHowto), install it and

  • check /var/lib/dpkg/info/<package>.list if everything is in the right place

  • do apt-cache show <package> to check changed dependencies

["CategoryMOTU"] CategoryDocumentation CategoryCleanup

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