Dear Steffen, Thanks for your comments. I'll get on it! Best, Lennart. On 04-12-13 19:46, "Steffen Möller" wrote: > Dear Lennart, > >> Dear list, >> >> With this e-mail I'd like to sign up as a student for the Mentoring of >> the Month program. I'd like to learn how to properly package ProbABEL >> [1,2]. >> >> >> This is what I have so far: >> - a .deb in an Ubuntu ppa that passes all tests done there. It's based >> on the source .tar.gz, which uses autotools, and has only one or two >> lintian warnings. >> - The debian directory of this package was adapted by hand from the >> dh_make defaults. > > Technically this is about what you need. What remains is someone to > upload. Steps 1-6 below are meant to help with > this process, basically an extension to what email can do. > >> Is the following the right course of action (please correct where >> necessary)? >> >> 1) File an intent to package bug > > Yes, in deep theory this should have been done even prior to > packaging, just indicating your itention to go for it. This helps > search engines to pick it up - my personal main motivation. > >> 2) list package in the task file > > Yes. Very promotional. Besides the source code management, this > is what keeps Debian Med together. Not a requirement for the upload > per se, the entry produces happy smiley faces everywhere. > >> 3) update my present debian directory to Debian standard and commit it >> (including source .tar.gz?) to the debian-med git (I have more >> experience with subversion, but would like to learn more about using git >> and the git-related packaging tools). > > Very helpful for the reviewers of your package. I personally think > that subversion is doing just fine for packaging. Go for git if you > feel like it. > >> 4) let this be reviewed by my mentor >> >> 5) improve the package based on the comments by the mentor > >> 6) repeat 4) and 5) until the package is deemed good enough for uploading. > > Yes. Sounds like right. With 3) done, it is also not unlikely that > your reviewers just performs smallish changes and then uploads without > bothering you with it. > > Sounds great! Steam ahead, please! > > Steffen > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- L.C. Karssen Utrecht The Netherlands lennart@karssen.org http://blog.karssen.org Stuur mij aub geen Word of Powerpoint bestanden! Zie http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.nl.html ------------------------------------------------------------------
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