Bug#208692: ITP: picprog -- Microchip PIC microcontroller programmer software

[Jan Wagemakers <janw@easynet.be>]

Bart Martens <bart.martens@advalvas.be> schreef:

> About your package of picprog I found here:
> http://www.janw.easynet.be/picprog/i386/

Thanks for your interest in this package.

> It's good to mention the homepage in the description in debian/control,
> and how you did it is almost perfect.  How it should be done:
> http://www.us.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-upstream-info

OK, I see, thanks for the information.

> The debian/changelog has multiple entries.  I'm not sure whether that's
> OK for an initial version to be uploaded in Debian.
> I would add "Closes: #208692" in the debian/changelog to close your ITP
> bug report.

Great! It would be nice to see picprog uploaded in Debian. 

> I see that your package depends on libstdc++6-dev which pulls in gcc-3.4
> and it's friends.  Does libstdc++6-4.0-dev work for your package ?

I have created a new package (picprog_1.8.1-2_i386.deb) which depends on
libstdc++6-4.0-dev and fixes the Homepage-issue. 

> Regards,
> Bart Martens

Thanks!

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