Hi Joel On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 07:33:13PM -0600, Joel Cross wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "sabacc". IANADD and can't upload for you, but while you're looking for a sponsor you need to address these problems with your package: Your version number will cause you problems later on - presumably at some point 1.0-beta1-1 will become 1.0-1, but as far as dpkg is concerned this is lower and it will whinge. As you are also upstream this is less of a problem, because you can change the upstream number yourself, to 1.0~beta1 (so then your Debian version becomes 1.0~beta1-1). Lintian is quite vocal too: I: sabacc source: debian-watch-file-is-missing W: sabacc source: out-of-date-standards-version 3.7.3 (current is 3.8.0) E: sabacc source: missing-python-build-dependency I: sabacc source: build-depends-without-arch-dep python-lxml W: sabacc: extra-license-file usr/share/doc/sabacc/COPYING.gz W: sabacc: package-contains-upstream-install-documentation usr/share/doc/sabacc/INSTALL E: sabacc: package-section-games-but-contains-no-game I: sabacc: desktop-entry-contains-encoding-key /usr/share/applications/sabacc.desktop:2 Encoding W: sabacc: new-package-should-close-itp-bug W: sabacc: wrong-bug-number-in-closes l3:#nnnn Full lintian output is attached. I haven't looked in much more details, have a go at these and if you need help ask, and we can see what kind of shape it's in after that. -- Jonathan Wiltshire PGP/GPG: 0xDB800B52 / 4216 F01F DCA9 21AC F3D3 A903 CA6B EA3E DB80 0B52
I: sabacc source: debian-watch-file-is-missing N: N: This source package is not Debian-native but it does not have a N: debian/watch file. This file is used for automatic detection of new N: upstream versions by the Debian External Health Status project and N: other project infrastructure. If this package is maintained upstream, N: please consider adding a debian/watch file to detect new releases. N: N: If the package is not maintained upstream or if upstream uses a N: distribution mechanism that cannot be meaningfully monitored by uscan N: and the Debian External Health Status project, please consider adding N: a debian/watch file containing only comments documenting the N: situation. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 4.11 and the uscan(1) manual page for N: details. N: W: sabacc source: out-of-date-standards-version 3.7.3 (current is 3.8.0) N: N: The source package refers to a Standards-Version older than the one N: that was current at the time the package was created (according to the N: timestamp of the latest debian/changelog entry). Please consider N: updating the package to current Policy and setting this control field N: appropriately. N: N: If the package is already compliant with the current standards, you N: don't have to re-upload the package just to adjust the N: Standards-Version control field. However, please remember to update N: this field next time you upload the package. N: E: sabacc source: missing-python-build-dependency N: N: The package appears to use Python as part of its build process in N: debian/rules but doesn't depend on Python. N: N: Normally, packages that use Python as part of the build process should N: build-depend on one of python, python-all, python-dev, or N: python-all-dev depending on whether they support multiple versions of N: Python and whether they're building modules or only using Python as N: part of the package build process. Packages that depend on a specific N: version of Python may build-depend on the appropriate pythonX.Y or N: pythonX.Y-dev package instead. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 4.2 for details. N: I: sabacc source: build-depends-without-arch-dep python-lxml N: N: The control file lists the given package in Build-Depends, but no N: architecture-dependent packages are built. If all the packages built N: are architecture-independent, the only packages that should be listed N: in Build-Depends are those required to run the clean target (such as N: debhelper if you use dh_clean). Other build dependencies should be N: listed in Build-Depends-Indep instead. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 7.7 for details. N: W: sabacc: extra-license-file usr/share/doc/sabacc/COPYING.gz N: N: All license information should be collected in the debian/copyright N: file. This usually makes it unnecessary for the package to install N: this information in other places as well. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 12.5 for details. N: W: sabacc: package-contains-upstream-install-documentation usr/share/doc/sabacc/INSTALL N: N: Binary packages do not need to contain the instructions for building N: and installing the package as this info is not needed by package N: users. If the info contained is important for configuration perhaps it N: could be summarized in README.Debian, otherwise an override may be N: added. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 12.3 for details. N: E: sabacc: package-section-games-but-contains-no-game N: N: This package is marked as part of the section games, but doesn't N: contain files in /usr/games. Binaries of games must be installed in N: /usr/games. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 11.11 for details. N: I: sabacc: desktop-entry-contains-encoding-key /usr/share/applications/sabacc.desktop:2 Encoding N: N: The Encoding key is now deprecated by the FreeDesktop standard and all N: strings are required to be encoded in UTF-8. This desktop entry N: explicitly specifies an Encoding of UTF-8, which is harmless but no N: longer necessary. N: N: Refer to N: http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/1.0/apc.html for N: details. N: W: sabacc: new-package-should-close-itp-bug N: N: This package appears to be the first packaging of a new upstream N: software package (there is only one changelog entry and the Debian N: revision is 1), but it does not close any bugs. The initial upload of N: a new package should close the corresponding ITP bug for that package. N: N: This warning can be ignored if the package is not intended for Debian N: or if it is a split of an existing Debian package. N: N: Refer to Developers Reference, section 5.1 for details. N: W: sabacc: wrong-bug-number-in-closes l3:#nnnn N: N: Bug numbers can only contain digits. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 4.4 for details. N:
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