On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 11:46 +0100, Andreas Moll wrote:
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ballview".
The changelog says: "* Initial release (Closes: #nnnn) <nnnn is the bug
number of your ITP>" So you probably forgot to replace 'nnnn' :) See
also the file README.Debian, it still has "<possible notes regarding
this package - if none, delete this file>".
The docs file is empty, so can be removed.
I'm quite surprised by the two scripts in your debian dir:
createBALLVIEWDEB and debian-ball-install. Why are you using these, and
not place the commands in debian/rules? The latter is the place for
commands that build your package. Many of the things you do in those
scripts can be done by the available debhelper dh_* scripts.
I don't think the 'deb-ball-source' dir belongs in a clean source
package.
The licence statement in ./STRUCTURE/numericalSAS.C seems very
incompatible with Debian:
* An academic licence agreement for the package ASC/GM or its parts
* is granted if you make the following commitments:
* 1) In using this software, the user will respect the interests of
* the author.
* 2) The use of the software in commercial activities is not allowed
* without a prior written commercial licence agreement.
* 3) Other interested research groups will be redirected
* to the author. The user will not redistribute the code outside
* his immediate research group.
* 4) The copyright messages will not be modified or suppressed.
* 5) The reference given below will be cited in any publication
* of scientific results based in part or completely on use of the
* program.
* 6) Bugs will be reported to the author.
This must be mentioned in debian/copyright, and, if this stays this way,
I think the package must be in non-free. However, it's of course
possible to contact the upstream author to see whether either this code
can be removed (it seems only a small part), or the original copyright
holder can be contacted for relicencing.
I get the following error while building the package in a clean
environment (cowbuilder):
checking for libpython...
No libpython*a found in /usr/lib/python2.4/config/. Please
specify
the path where your Python library resides using
--with-python-libs=DIR
or ensure that libpython is installed in the correct directory
(sys.prefix is /usr)
> Lintian still shows a native-package-with-dash-version warning.
> Could someone please explain me how to solve this issue?
That is because you have packaged it as a native package, probably by
accident. Make sure that the upstream tarball is correctly named and in
the right place: it should be ballview_1.2.orig.tar.gz. The 'debuild'
command warns if this is not right. Please rebuild it as a non-native
package.
If you need help resolving any of these problems, just ask! Thanks for
your work so far.
Thijs
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