= Packages Quality =
== Goal description ==

Improve the overall quality of all Debian packages.

== Current status ==
 * This goal is completed (or perhaps, this is actually a permanent aim, rather than a goal)
 * However, should there be any specific goals that are requested, these can be considered.
 * Packages are built on the buildds, not all of the real build failures (which cannot be fixed by rebuilding in a clean (fixed) environment) are reported as RC bugs.
 * From time to time the whole archive is rebuilt.
 * Installability issues show up on debcheck (http://qa.debian.org/debcheck.php)
 * Upgrade and removal checks are done on piuparts (http://piuparts.debian.org)
 * From time to time double build is tried: building again after the previous build is finished.
 * Lintian errors (http://lintian.debian.org) are considered to be used to reject at package upload time
 * No uninstallable packages, according to their dependencies, are shipped as part of a stable release (http://edos.debian.net/uninstallable.php)
 * No packages with (detectable) mutual file overwrite errors are shipped as part of a stable release (http://edos.debian.net/file-overwrites/)
 
== How to help ==

 * File bugs where needed. Contact the QA Team ([[DebianWiki:qa.debian.org]]) or debian-devel when in doubt.
 * Help fixing the outstanding bugs :-)
 * Help running the checks and following up.
 * Search for false positives and false negatives regarding lintian errors.