Paul Wise wrote:
I don't think every package needs to install THANKS, NEWS.gz, README.gz, TODO.gz, AUTHORS since some of them will be automatically installed.Ok, I removed those files from all packages except for libpresage1 package.Ah, libpresage1 will be automatically installed so that isn't the best package for these files.
Oh, I see. I added those files back to those packages that I think users are likely to install explicitly: presage, gprompter and pyprompter.
Perhaps, in light of 2), it would be better to rename presage-gprompter and presage-pyprompter packages to gprompter and pyprompter respectively?That sounds like a good idea.
Done. Renamed packages to gprompter and pyprompter.
dpkg-gencontrol: warning: package python-presage: unused substitution variable ${python:Versions}Not sure where this warning is coming from. The variable is not used anywhere in the control file.That is what the warning is complaining about, that you are missing ${python:Versions} in debian/control. I'd suggest asking on the debian-python list about it.
Done. Thread on debian-python: http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2010/07/msg00010.html
It is safe to ignore the warning. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/presage- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/presage/presage_0.8.4-2.dsc
Cheers, - Matteo