Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "xpn". * Package name : xpn Version : 0.7.0-3 Upstream Author : Antonio Caputo <nemesis2001@gmx.it> * URL : http://xpn.altervista.org/index-en.html * License : GPLv2 Section : net It builds these binary packages: xpn - GTK based news reader, written in python The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/x/xpn - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/x/xpn/xpn_0.7.0-3.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Beside the above standard text i want to give a more detailed description of the debianic part of the package. Originally XPN runs out of its own directory where all program files and the user data are stored. Fortunately the program provides an option to store user data in home directory. Thus i have done the following: - made storing user data in home directory standard by using a shell script for start XPN (xpn.sh) - added a simple man page to comply to policy - added a desktop file and converted icon to xpm format for smooth menu integration - created a symlink from /usr/bin/xpn to /usr/share/xpn/xpn.sh When putting the shell script directly into /usr/bin, the program isn't running (See README file in original source) Of course one can ask, why putting xpn to /usr/share and not to /usr/lib. I was unsure in this point, so i read FHS chapter 4. After comparing http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRLIBLIBRARIESFORPROGRAMMINGANDPA and http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRSHAREARCHITECTUREINDEPENDENTDATA i concluded to use /usr/share, because the python files are architecture independent (as far as a python interpreter is available, of course). As this is my first debian package, comments are most welcome. Kind regards Michael Krauss
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