Bug#4315: xfishtank problems

[Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca]

  Dirk> 1. The package contains nothing but the binary. It *must* contain at
  Dirk> least the copyright file. Docs would be nice.

  Christoph> There is no copyright. The packages origin are unknown.  I can
  Christoph> just generate a file with "Unknown" in it.

Are you sure there is nothing in the source code? I have yet to see a
(publicly released) program in which the author didn't leave a note.

  Dirk> 2. It has no Depends: on libc5 or elf-x11r6lib.

  Christoph> Hmm. Some other packages were taken without it. Where can I find
  Christoph> docs on these things?

Install a recent dpkg and read the html'ed policy and programmers manuals
below /usr/doc/dpkg, or download and study the debian sources of other
packages.

  Dirk> 3. It uses the old VERSION and PACKAGE_REVISION format which is
  Dirk> obsolete.

  Christoph> What are the new requirements.

See the policy and programmers manuals. 

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Dirk Eddelb"uttel                             http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd