Continuing the #newinjessie game:

There are a number of development and QA tools that are new in jessie:

  • autorevision: store VCS meta-data in your release tarballs and use it during build
  • git-remote-bzr: bidirectional interaction with Bzr repositories for git users
  • git-remote-hg: bidirectional interaction with Mercurial repositories for git users
  • corekeeper: dump core files when ELF programs crash and send you mail
  • adequate: check installed Debian packages for various issues
  • duck: check that the URLs in your Debian package are still alive
  • codespell: search your code for spelling errors and fix them
  • iwyu: include only the headers you use to reduce compilation time
  • clang-modernize: modernise your C++ code to use C++11
  • shellcheck: check shell scripts for potential bugs
  • bashate: check shell scripts for stylistic issues
  • libb-lint-perl: check Perl code for potential bugs and style issues
  • epubcheck: validate your ePub docs against the standard
  • i18nspector: check the work of translators for common issues