Re: RFS: ballview - A free molecular modeling and molecular graphics tool
Le Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 11:46:32AM +0100, Andreas Moll a écrit :
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ballview".
>
> Package name : ballview
> Version : 1.2-1
> Upstream Author : myself
> URL : www.ballview.org
> License : LGPL
> Section : science
Dear Andreas,
Thank you for bringing ballview to Debian, it seems to be a very
impressive software.
There is still some polishing work to be done before somebody can
sponsor, however. Thijs has already pointed at some problems, and I
found a few others:
* Your README.Debian does not contain any information. You can safely
delete it if you have nothing Debian-specific to say to the Debian
users.
* Your control file says that the package is released under the GPL,
while the copyright file says LGPL.
* Your package does not build on iMac G5. Even on the 32-bit ppc port,
G5 machines use a ppc64 kernel. Apparently, this confuses your
configuration scripts. For the moment, the Debian buildds for powerpc
are G4s, but should they become G5, your package would get a
release-critical bug.
* I am not sure wether you need to specify the contents of the Depends:
field for the binary package. Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
${misc:Depends} usually does a better and safer job.
* You use python, did you read the Debian python policy ?
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/
There may be more things to say, but I have to build the package
first...
Lastly, did you hear about the Debian-Med project ? Do not hesitate to
contact us on our mailing list if you are interested !
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/
http://lists.debian.org/debian-med/
There is also a list more broadly focused on science:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian-Med packaging team
Wako, Saitama, Japan
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