Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz
On (19/09/06 12:27), Neil Williams wrote:
> Mashrab Kuvatov wrote:
> > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 03:44, James Westby wrote:
> >
> >> Hi, I can't sponsor as I am not a DD, but I have some comments,
> >>
> >> * I don't think the package should be Debian native.
> >
> > Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Could you please explain what you
> > mean?
See http://jameswestby.net/mentors/glossary/native.html
>
> AFAICT, the ITP claims 0.6-1 (which is not a Debian native package
> version) but your link to the "package" (the .tar.bz2 a tarball of built
> packages) uses version number 0.6 (which WOULD indicate a Debian native
> package.)
It is not only the version number that makes a package native.
>
> http://www.uni-bremen.de/~kmashrab/uzbek-word-list/hunspell-uz-0.6.deb.tar.bz2
>
> That may just have been a source of confusion, the tarball contains the
> deb, the .diff.gz, the .dsc, .changes and .orig.tar.gz. There's no need
> for that generally, just provide a URL to the .dsc and the Debian tools
> will do the rest.
Not the tarball that I downloaded. It only contained a .tar.gz. I see it
is fixed in this version though. Thanks for that.
James
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