DocKnot To-Do List

This file contains loose development notes for the current state of this project. Listed here are only the things left to be done.

Metadata required for README files:

• Contributor information (step-by-step guide, checklists)
• Generate a separate install file for Debian packaging
• Pointers to long licenses
• Where releases are announced
• Quick-start guide
• Jargon
• Release schedule
• Contributor SLA

Metadata required for web pages:

• Short description for index
• Category (obsolete packages have their pages manually maintained)

Metadata required for release:

• License overrides for build-license
• Default license for build-license

Additional output:

• Per-package RSS files from NEWS, excluding unreleased versions
• Generate external pointer files for spin for package documentation
• Update my software index
• Update my web site sitemap
• Set Open HUB metadata from package metadata via API

DocKnot itself:

• Pull the version number of a package from a single source
• Pull the synopsis for a Perl module from the Perl build system
• Document the metadata format
• Incorporate cvs2xhtml into this package
• Incorporate faq2html into this package (and rewrite as a Perl module)
• Incorporate build-license into this package (and rewrite as a Perl module)
• Automatically run build-license during the release process
• Add metadata files and overrides to build-license