package review checklist

[Garrett Holmstrom]

On 7/9/2010 12:32, Ian Weller wrote:
> I got to thinking (uh oh) after reading a few threads on devel about
> there being far too many review requests and not enough packagers
> interested in reviews. I know that one thing that makes package reviews
> bearable for me is a checklist to go through. I use this one:
>    http://ianweller.fedorapeople.org/review.txt
> It's a derivative of somebody else's. I forgot whose. And it hasn't been
> updated since I last touched it, so there are some things that can fall
> through this checklist that are recent guidelines.
>
> I know a lot of others also have their own checklists, but I don't know
> if it's regularly updated.
>
> Should someone write up a draft for an official package review
> checklist, and have FPC update it when guidelines change? (I guess by
> writing this email I just volunteered myself...)

That would be a great idea as long as it is kept up to date.  (In fact, 
I'm fairly certain work has already been done toward making one.)

The one I have been using is fairly comprehensive; maybe it can help 
build one:  http://www.physics.umn.edu/~holms/review-template.txt