Hi Michelle, On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:52:43 +0100 Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "tdicons". > > * Package name : tdicons > Version : 0.0.3-2 > Upstream Author : Michelle Konzack > * URL : http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/t/tdicons > * License : Artistic License > Section : misc > > It builds these binary packages: > tdicons - A huge collection of icons in four different sizes > tdicons-sidebars - A huge collection of icons in four different sizes > tdicons16 - A huge collection of icons in 16x16 pixel > tdicons32 - A huge collection of icons in 32x32 pixel > tdicons48 - A huge collection of icons in 48x48 pixel > tdicons64 - A huge collection of icons in 64x64 pixel > > The package is lintian clean. This line comes from some mail template for debian-mentors? :) Please, do run an up to date lintian before writting it, you cannot figure out how disappointing is reading it and then found this: N: Setting up lab in /tmp/1nwV7IAhV7 ... N: Processing changes file tdicons_0.0.3-2_amd64.changes ... N: Processing 7 packages... N: ---- N: Processing source package tdicons (version 0.0.3-2) ... N: ---- N: Processing binary package tdicons64 (version 0.0.3-2) ... E: tdicons64: description-synopsis-is-duplicated N: N: The first line of the extended Description: should not repeat the N: synopsis exactly. This indicates that either the synopsis is badly N: formed or that the extended description has been wrongly copied and N: pasted. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 3.4.2 for details. N: E: tdicons64: changelog-file-not-compressed Changelog N: N: Changelog files must be compressed using `gzip -9'. Even if they start N: out small, they will become large with time. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 12.7 for details. N: W: tdicons64: wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog usr/share/doc/tdicons64/Changelog N: N: If there is an upstream changelog file, it should usually be installed N: as /usr/share/doc/<pkg>/changelog.gz N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 12.7 for details. N: I: tdicons64: unknown-field-in-control homepage N: N: See the Policy Manual for a list of the possible fields in a binary N: package control file. N: N: In udeb packages the fields pre-depends, conflicts, essential and N: suggests are disallowed, but they can contain the new fields N: subarchitecture and installer-menu-item. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 5.3 for details. N: N: ---- N: Processing binary package tdicons48 (version 0.0.3-2) ... E: tdicons48: description-synopsis-is-duplicated E: tdicons48: changelog-file-not-compressed Changelog W: tdicons48: wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog usr/share/doc/tdicons48/Changelog I: tdicons48: unknown-field-in-control homepage N: ---- N: Processing binary package tdicons32 (version 0.0.3-2) ... E: tdicons32: description-synopsis-is-duplicated E: tdicons32: changelog-file-not-compressed Changelog W: tdicons32: wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog usr/share/doc/tdicons32/Changelog I: tdicons32: unknown-field-in-control homepage N: ---- N: Processing binary package tdicons16 (version 0.0.3-2) ... E: tdicons16: description-synopsis-is-duplicated E: tdicons16: changelog-file-not-compressed Changelog W: tdicons16: wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog usr/share/doc/tdicons16/Changelog I: tdicons16: unknown-field-in-control homepage N: ---- N: Processing binary package tdicons-sidebars (version 0.0.3-2) ... E: tdicons-sidebars: changelog-file-not-compressed Changelog W: tdicons-sidebars: wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog usr/share/doc/tdicons-sidebars/Changelog I: tdicons-sidebars: unknown-field-in-control homepage N: ---- N: Processing binary package tdicons (version 0.0.3-2) ... E: tdicons: menu-item-missing-required-tag command /usr/share/menu/tdicons:5 N: N: The menu item has a line that is missing a required tag. It's likely N: that the line will have no effect without this tag. install-menu may N: report this as an error during package installation. N: W: tdicons: menu-command-not-in-package /usr/share/menu/tdicons:12 /usr/bin/xbmbrowser N: N: The menu item specifies a command which is not available in the N: package. In most cases this is a typo or after you moved a binary N: around, but forgot to update the menu file. N: W: tdicons: menu-item-creates-new-section Apps/Misc/tdicons16 /usr/share/menu/tdicons:12 N: N: The menu item has a line that specifies a new section to put a menu N: entry in. This may be ok, but most menu entries should go in one of N: the sections listed in the menu documentation. N: N: Note that most root sections have to be subsectioned, and should not N: be used as sections directly. N: N: See: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/ch2#s2.1 N: N: Refer to Debian Menu sub-policy 2.1 for details. N: W: tdicons: menu-command-not-in-package /usr/share/menu/tdicons:19 /usr/bin/xbmbrowser W: tdicons: menu-item-creates-new-section Apps/Misc/tdicons32 /usr/share/menu/tdicons:19 W: tdicons: menu-command-not-in-package /usr/share/menu/tdicons:26 /usr/bin/xbmbrowser W: tdicons: menu-item-creates-new-section Apps/Misc/tdicons48 /usr/share/menu/tdicons:26 W: tdicons: menu-command-not-in-package /usr/share/menu/tdicons:33 /usr/bin/xbmbrowser W: tdicons: menu-item-creates-new-section Apps/Misc/tdicons64 /usr/share/menu/tdicons:33 E: tdicons: changelog-file-not-compressed Changelog W: tdicons: wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog usr/share/doc/tdicons/Changelog I: tdicons: unknown-field-in-control homepage N: Removing /tmp/1nwV7IAhV7 ... In addition to this, I feel debian/copyright file is missing info. Now, about the included icons, I hardly believe the Windows and MS-DOS icons are under the Artistic License. The icons depicting Ossama Ben Laden and Britney Spears the are equally doubtful regarding the license, and, while I can play with the idea of using the first ones as xkill icons, I guess others may find additional objections to having them in their hard disks. Notice that even fixing all of this I won't upload the package (sorry, but I find the icons low quality and too windowish), but others may do! :) regards, -- Ricardo Mones http://people.debian.org/~mones «Today is the first day of the rest of the mess.»
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