package review checklist

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 07/13/2010 12:27 PM, Jens Petersen wrote:
>> 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...)
>>
> How about scripting and packaging it?  Then one could just run it on
> the final srpm for review.  Of course the reviewer would still need
> to complete the review details themselves manually but from a decent
> up-to-date template with some tedious bits hopefully filled in.
> Maybe some code could also be pulled from the review-o-matic project?
> With time it could be specialized also to deal with specific types
> of packages (python, perl, fonts, etc) but it can start simple.
> Submitters could also use it to sanity check their submissions perhaps.
> Though in the longer term I still think moving package reviews from
> bugzilla to a dedicated web app would make sense (oops...).
>
> It would probably be good if someone on FPC or FESCo say owned it.
>
> Jens
>
A long long time ago (like in 3-4 years) Aurelien Bompard ( 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AurelienBompard ) has written a short 
python script (  referenced in the above link) which automates a couple 
of checks.