Subject: packaging xserver-xorg-video-openchrome Hi, As you might know I'm adopting xserver-xorg-video-openchrome. I have a few questions: * about the debian/copyright file : Provided that I don't change much of the package, should I add myself as copyright holder of the packaging ? Also as others already have added changes to the git repos, should I name each of the contributors or should I copyright it to the 'X Strike Force' ? * about debian/source/format : It's currently not present (so 1.0) Is there any good reason not to switch to dpkg-source 3.0 (quilt) format ? I'm wondering because as all X packages it uses xsfbs so it already uses quilt. I tried and it worked! But there are currently no patches in the series so I would not see any issue if there are some between xsfbs and format 3.0. Moreover, I found only xserver-xorg-input-evtouch to use format 3.0 (quilt), so if no other packages uses it there might me a good reason that I'm not aware of. If it must stay on format 1.0, I still need the dependency on quilt because of xsfbs but as said above there are no patches in the series, so lintian complains about it, is this a problem ? (I believe removing and adding the dependency to quilt when the series changes is error prone, so I better leave it there.) * about the uploaders field, should I keep the previous maintainer in the list (maybe I should ask him directly), according the wiki [1] I think I should remove him (unless he finally sponsors me of course). 1: on http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/Contrib | This field must be limited to those who are actively maintaining the | package, and must be pruned regularly to avoid having too many | people. This is something we are currently failing at. * on git usage: As I suspect (after lurking on mentors@l.d.o) that my package will not make it on the first attempt. Can I prepare the package locally and only push to git.d.o once it's accepted (to avoid leaving many trials in the history). * on upload, should I use mentors.d.o or can I put the prepared package somewhere else (on my website or any other place you suggest). I guess mentors.d.o use the same kind of interface than the archive so It might be a good exercise to start using dupload or dput. Thanks -- Julien Viard de Galbert <julien@vdg.blogsite.org> http://silicone.homelinux.org/ <julien@silicone.homelinux.org> GPG Key ID: D00E52B6 Published on: hkp://keys.gnupg.net Key Fingerprint: E312 A31D BEC3 74CC C49E 6D69 8B30 6538 D00E 52B6
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