Hi,On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Gabriele <phoenix1987@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "pygtkplot".
>
> * Package name : pygtkplot
> Version : 0.1
> Upstream Author : Gabriele N. Tornetta <phoenix1987@gmail.com>
> * URL : https://launchpad.net/pygtkplot
> * License : GNU GPL v3
> Section : math
>
> To access further information about this package, please visit the following
> URL:
> http://mentors.debian.net/package/pygtkplot
>
> Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:
> dget -x
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/universe/p/pygtkplot/pygtkplot_0.1.dsc
>
> I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.
>
> Kind regards,
> Gabriele N. Tornetta
>
> --
> "Egli è scritto in lingua matematica, e i caratteri son triangoli, cerchi,
> ed altre figure
> geometriche, senza i quali mezzi è impossibile a intenderne umanamente
> parola;
> senza questi è un aggirarsi vanamente per un oscuro laberinto."
>
> -- G. Galilei, Il saggiatore.
>
>
There are numerous lintian issues with your package, as pointed out by
mentors.d.n. Please make sure that your package is lintian-clean
before sending out a RFS.
W: pygtkplot source: diff-contains-bzr-control-dir .bzr
W: pygtkplot source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends pygtkplot
W: pygtkplot source: package-uses-deprecated-debhelper-compat-version 1
W: pygtkplot source: maintainer-script-lacks-debhelper-token debian/postinst
W: pygtkplot source: debian-rules-missing-recommended-target build-arch
W: pygtkplot source: debian-rules-missing-recommended-target build-indep
W: pygtkplot source: out-of-date-standards-version 3.9.1.0 (current is 3.9.2)
E: pygtkplot: changelog-file-not-compressed changelog
E: pygtkplot: no-copyright-file
E: pygtkplot: description-starts-with-package-name
W: pygtkplot: description-starts-with-leading-spaces
W: pygtkplot: unknown-section universe/math
E: pygtkplot: missing-dependency-on-python-support python-support
W: pygtkplot: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/pygtkplot
W: pygtkplot: maintainer-script-empty postinst
W: pygtkplot: maintainer-script-ignores-errors postinst
Note that sending a RFS on debian-mentors means that you want to get
your package into Debian (unstable), so your debian/changelog should
mention "unstable" and not "natty". You're also missing
debian/copyright, which is not acceptable. There's a laundry list of
other things you should do to improve your package, e.g. include
debian/compat and debian/watch, updating to the latest standards
version, using a dh rules.tiny style debian/rules file, getting rid of
your debian/postinst file which doesn't do anything, using DEP-5 for
your debian/copyright, using dh_python2 instead of the deprecated
python-support.
Feel free to ask if there's anything you don't quite understand and
I'll be happy to explain in further detail.
Kind regards,
- Vincent Cheng