Re: Sponsor request for aspell-uz

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> wrote:

> * You probably shouldn't repack the .tar file so that the md5sum will
>   match the upstream version.  Usually for an upstream that distributes
>   a .tar.bz2, you just want to do "bunzip2 foo.tar.bz2; gzip -9
>   foo.tar" and then use the resulting .tar.gz.

See also

http://www.de.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-origtargz

>> It passed lintian -i test, but linda -i complained about l-uz.cmap file
>> being installed into /usr/lib.
>
> Safe to ignore.  It's an aspell upstream issue if anything.

If it is a bug, it's still a bug; whether it should be fixed in a
Debian-specific patch or by pestering upstream about it is at the
descretion of the maintainer.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer