Hello there, I am finishing packaging SleepyHead (<http://sleepyhead.sourceforge.net/wiki/>, ITP on Bug#780060), and Andreas kindly suggested that I put the package under the Debian Med umbrella (which I obviously accepted). However, before proceeding with the Request for Sponsorship I would like to ask a few questions. 0) While looking at the git repositories, I found <http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/sleepyhead.git/>. I assume this means that someone (Ulisses S. Freitas, probably) started an attempt to package the software, but apparently never finished it. I could not find any message/ITP related to this attempt; is this OK to proceed with my (almost complete) efforts? I am copying Ubiratan on this message. 1) Since I am not a DD (yet), do I have to follow the procedures of debian-mentors for filing an RFS, or can I send the RFS directly to this list? 2) I am also not a DM (yet, but I will apply very soon), but I will naturally be on the Uploaders section for this package. Does this mean that every time I want to upload a new release I will have to ask here on the list for an sponsor? Or do I have to ask on debian-mentors? 3) I have read the policy <http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/docs/policy.html>, but I could not find explicit instructions on how to request the creation of the git repository for my new package. And then I just saw that there is a repository already created for it, so maybe there's no need to create anything new... But I'll ask the question anyway: if I were to request a new repository for my new package, how should I have proceeded? 4) This one should probably go to debian-mentors, but I'll take my chances here. SleepyHead is shipped with some bundled libraries, which I already removed from the compilation process in order to meet our policy. However, their files are still in the tree (specifically a "jquery.js" file that is causing a lintian error)). I tried using the "Files-Excluded:" directive on debian/copyright, without success. I've seen that Andreas got involved in the discussions about implementing Files-Excluded, so I would like to know: what is the right thing to do in this case? My current plan (not implemented yet) is to create a new repository with "gbp import-orig" while providing the "--filter=" parameter to not import the bundles. Any other suggestion? Well, I guess that's it. Thanks for the time and patience. I hope to have everything ready by the weekend. Cheers, -- Sergio GPG key ID: 237A 54B1 0287 28BF 00EF 31F4 D0EB 7628 65FC 5E36 Please send encrypted e-mail if possible http://sergiodj.net/
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