Just 168 of the 4961 packages (3%) I have installed are inadequate. Unfortunately those packages collectively have 3440 inadequacies. How much of the software on your system has these inadequacies?
- broken symlinks
- missing copyright files
- obsolete conffiles
- Python modules not byte-compiled
- /bin and /sbin binaries requiring /usr/lib libraries
- undefined symbols.
You can find out today by installing Jakub Wilk's software, which is appropriately named adequate. It is now available in Debian unstable. I recommend enabling the apt hook which notifies you when software you are installing is inadequate. Other ways of being notified when you are installing inadequate software include apt-listbugs and debsecan.
If you are interested in software quality, Debian's QA activities wiki page provides a good overview of the quality assurance activities that are being worked on within the context of Debian. If you want to provide better quality software for Debian, please keep an eye on the PTS pages for software you maintain. You can also run various automated checks on your software before you make new releases or upload them to the Debian archive.
More people are needed to improve and expand upon Debian's existing quality assurance activities and infrastructure. Come join us today!