Debian development
Interaction with the Bug Tracking System (BTS)
Reporting a bug
Use reportbug.
Querying the BTS
| use | url |
|---|---|
| by number | https://bugs.debian.org/number |
| by package | https://bugs.debian.org/package |
| by submitter email | https://bugs.debian.org/from:submitter@email.address |
| by tag | https://bugs.debian.org/tag:tag |
| by severity | https://bugs.debian.org/severity:severity |
| by maintainer email | https://bugs.debian.org/maintainer@email.address |
Control commands
Directly with the bug via <bugnumber>@bugs.debian.org:
Control: retitle -1 <new title>
Control: owner -1 <email>
<additional text>
Only for control commands via control@bugs.debian.org:
Control: retitle <bugnumber> <new title>
Control: owner <bugnumber> <email>
For all control commands, refer to the respective Debian wiki page.
creating an orig.tar (if missing for sbuild)
origtargz
creating a .debdiff
git checkout <package_version_tag_1> && sbuild
git checkout <package_version_tag_2> && sbuild
debdiff <package1>.dsc <package2>.dsc > <package>.debdiff
inspect Salsa MR contribution statistics
| purpose | url |
|---|---|
| all MRs with user as author | https://salsa.debian.org/dashboard/merge_requests?scope=all&state=all&author_username=USERNAME |
| all MRs approved by user | https://salsa.debian.org/dashboard/merge_requests?scope=all&state=all&approved_by_usernames[]=USERNAME |