Re: RFS: localizator
On Dec 28, 2007 10:04 AM, Kumar Appaiah <akumar@ee.iitm.ac.in> wrote:
> Dear Mauro,
>
> I can't build your package at the moment (not near my sid machine),
> but I saw the changes you made, and they are very much in the right
> direction. However, you should build a non-native package. To do this,
> before building the package
>
> 1. Put localizator_0.2.orig.tar.gz in the directory before the
> "source" directory. Ensure that it has NO debian/ directory; that is,
> the tarball should be the "upstream" tarball, and the Debian specific
> things will appear in the .diff.gz.
>
> 2. Set the version in the changelog to 0.2-1 instead of 0.2. 0.2 is
> the upstream version, while the `1' after the hyphen refers to the
> Debian revision. Say, some days later, you make changes tothe Debian
> packaging _without_ changing anything in the .orig.tar.gz. In such a
> case, you would just make the Debian specific change, write a
> changelog entry for 0.2-2 and build it. This way, the packaging and
> upstream are separated. See some example packages to get this point
> clear.
>
> Once you get this done, build your package, and install it and run it.
> Once it seems OK, you have a basic package working. Then, fine tune
> your packaging by running lintian -i -I on the changes file, and
> observe the warnings and advice to correct them. If you go through
> these steps carefully once, it'll be very easy to do them the next
> time onwards.
>
> I'll check your package again tomorrow, but if someone else
> (preferably a DD) comes up for checking before that, it would be nice.
>
> HTH.
>
>
> Kumar
Hi there,
Kumar i did the changed you recomend me, and everything worked fine
now. thanks :)
If anybody could give me any other advice or comments about this package,
i'll appreciate this
The url is:
http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=localizator
Thanks,
Mauro
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