BTS bot improvements

A little while ago I completely rewrote the #debian-devel-changes IRC bot so it was actually maintainable. At the same time I added some commands suitable for developers, but I didn’t really advertise them anywhere. Here goes.

!bug <bug-number>

Print a one-line synopsis of the specified bug. The parser is fuzzy and will find the bug number embedded in URLs, etc.

!madison <source-package>

Print a colourful rmadison output for the specified package.

!qa <source-package>
!overview <source-package>

Prints the URL of the Debian PTS entry for the specified package.

!changelog <source-package>

Prints a URL containing the most recent debian/changelog file for the specified package.

!copyright <source-package>

Prints a URL containing the most recent debian/copyright file for the specified package.

!bug_graph <source-package>
!buggraph <source-package>

Prints the URL of the bug graph for the specified package.

!buildd <source-package>

Prints the URL of the non-experimental buildd status of the specified package.

!popcon <source-package>

Prints the URL which contains the popularity-contest data for the specified package.

!dehs <source-package>

Prints the URL which contains the Debian External Health Status of the specified package.

Some notes:

• Using these commands is easy: “/msg BTS <command>” on irc.debian.org or simply “<command>” on a channel that the bot is lurking on.
• Please don’t spam channels with data from the bot – use a private message. This particularly applies to #debian-devel-changes.
• If you are communicating with the bot in a private message, the leading exclamation mark is optional.
• If you would like the bot to lurk on other channels, please ping me on IRC after gaining a consensus on the channel in question.

As always, patches and suggestions welcome. (Source).