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- Run checkers on packages (lintian, piuparts, linda)
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- Rebuild packages, check whether they correspond good enough with what's in
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the archive (still build? No added/dropped dependencies/other stuff?)
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- Try building under 'weird' environments: different kernel, different
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filesystem (XFS has some nasty stuff), as root, etc
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- Extract data you want readily available: changelog, watch files, copyright, control file
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- Look at and compare/process such data: override disparities, installability
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by comparing the control files, etc
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- Extract library type data (exported symbols, required symbols)
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- Again, look at, and compare and warn about issues
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- Store human-supplied info (graphics, descriptions, reviews)
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Non-package based:
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- By bug: store who sent in comments, so that you can easily search that
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- By mirror: check whether the mirror is still alive and uptodate
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- By maintainer: which packages one maintains
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- By source: which binary packages are there (and use it throughout all the rest)
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