Re: RFS: shedskin

[Benoît Knecht <benoit.knecht@fsfe.org>]

Hi Paul,

Paul Boddie wrote:
> This is a friendly reminder that I am still looking for a sponsor for my 
> package "shedskin". I sent a request about 14 days ago but haven't had any 
> responses.
> 
>  * Package name    : shedskin
>    Version         : 0.9-1
>    Upstream Author : Mark Dufour <mark.dufour@gmail.com>
>  * URL             : http://shedskin.googlecode.com/
>  * License         : GPL-3+
>    Section         : python
> 
> It builds those binary packages:
> 
> shedskin   - Python-to-C++ compiler designed to speed up Python programs

I had a look at your package, here are my comments:

  - lintian -I --pedantic gives a couple of warnings:
      I: shedskin source: quilt-patch-missing-description makefile.py.patch
      P: shedskin source: unversioned-copyright-format-uri http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/
      P: shedskin: no-upstream-changelog

  - You could simplify your debian/copyright file by using a standalone
    License paragraph for the Expat license. Also, I think most of the
    Comments are not really useful (especially the last one); if they're
    not about copyright issues, they should be removed.

  - As far as I can tell, the test suite is not being run.

  - If you turn doc/shedskin.rst into a man page, you don't need to
    install that file.

  - In the man page, the OPTIONS section should be right after the
    DESCRIPTION, LIMITATIONS should be called BUGS, and THANKS and
    COPYRIGHT should in my opinion be removed. The AUTHOR section is
    also strongly discouraged. See man-pages(7) for details.

I did not install or run the program, so I cannot comment further on it.

Cheers,

-- 
Benoît Knecht