On Sat, 6 Aug 2011 20:24:26 +0200, Kilian Krause wrote:
Hi kix,
Hi Kilian
Sorry if I've made myself not clear enough as you do not seem to have gotten my point. To make an upload of 1.27-30 you have to use the orig.tar.gz likehttp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/wmmoonclock/wmmoonclock_1.27.orig.tar.gz which is already in the Debian archive for the last versions.
clear now :-)
>3.) shipping changelog as docs is not an required. >dh_installchangelogs >should catch it in default locations - unusual locations can be >provided >in debian/rules as argument. No need to add changelog as docs too. ok
I created a new package, but this package do not include the upstream changelog (the file on the wmmoonclock.docs file) Now this file is debian/changelog.upstream, but is not in the wmmoonclock.docs file and the is not included in the package. I think we need to include this file.
>4.) The patches altogether lack a DEP-3 header. Please consider >adding >one and especially feeding them back upstream to have them >included and >vanish from Debian packaging. perfect, I will do it.
I think is done. Some days before send the package to mentors I created two packages, one without patches (patches applied) and other with patches (unapplied). I wrote to the Author asking about add the patches to the source in the upstream version, but I didn't get reply. For this reason I sent the package with patches not applied. The author don't reply me yet, probably is on vacation
>5.) Regarding taking over the maintainer ship. You should update the>title of #588837 to read ITA. ok
done
>6.) Updating debian/copyright to DEP-5 would be a bonus. ok++
bonus and extra live ;-)
>7.) debian/watch is empty. This makes comparing new upstream >tarballs to >your provided one quite tedious. Please update it to the correct >upstream locations. There is not webserver yet. The info at http://windowmaker.org or http://windowmaker.info is not updated. The pages will move to a CMS soon, but there is no tarballs yet. I will update the package if the tarballs are available. Now the files are only in the GIT.That's quite sad but in that case the debian/copyright needs to be updated too (http://nis-www.lanl.gov/~mgh/WindowMaker/DockApps.shtml is no longervalid then). And as a personal preference I'd recommend adding aget-orig-source target in the meantime which would preferably reconstruct some tarball with the contents of the 1.27.orig.tar.gz as is now in theDebian archive (if possible).Ok, what should I do? Update the problems 3-7?Yes, and reuse the original tarball to provide the next upload to mentors.d.n (which would make the list 1-7 I guess). ;-)
I didn't do nothing with this part. I took the original tar.gz file from debian and I made the new package. But what should I do with the git files? How I should to update the package? why I need to update many things (DEP-5, DEP-3, ...) in the package if is "lintian clean"? why not is included in lintian these things?
Anyway, probably I will need to create a new package, because the problem with the changelog.upstream file, but please, tell me what to do with the git files and how to update the package.
Thanks a lot for your time. Best Regards. kix Ah! the new package is in mentors ;-) -- ||// //\\// Rodolfo "kix" Garcia ||\\// //\\ http://www.kix.es/