On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 04:47:42PM +0100, Beren Minor wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "dwarf-fortress". That's good news. Unfortunately, the package is not ready yet. > dwarf-fortress-bin - Dwarf Fortress binaries > dwarf-fortress-data - Dwarf Fortress data files > dwarf-fortress-mod-ironhand - Dwarf Fortress graphic mod "Ironhand" > dwarf-fortress-mod-mayday - Dwarf Fortress graphic mod "Mayday" > dwarf-fortress-mod-phoebus - Dwarf Fortress graphic mod "Phoebus" > > To access further information about this package, please visit the > following URL: > > http://mentors.debian.net/package/dwarf-fortress > > Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: > > dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/d/dwarf-fortress/dwarf-fortress_0.34.2.0-1.dsc > > I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. > -- Please don't include '-- ' in the middle of your emails, it marks the end of the message text. > There's already an ITP for this package in debian but it has been > inactive for a long time and without any. Did you try to contact the previous ITP owner? > I'm not a Debian Maintainer and I'm also looking for advices and > comment on the way the game has been packaged, as the available > upstream binaries are 32bits only, and I had to embed 32bit libraries > with the package in order to have it work. You should not embed libraries. You also should not set Architecture: any. If you want to see a i386-only binary packaged for amd64, you may look at zsnes (though the proper way is multi-arch dpkg but it is not available in unstable now). You have a build system that uses git magic and branches while an unpacked Debian source package is a directory with upstream sources from upstream tarball(s) and debian/ directory with build files. Also, as you include 3rd-party mods, you should ask about their distribution licenses and mention them in debian/copyright. There are some more or less minor things such as copyright notices in descriptions and old Standards-Version, but they are not important for now, as I could not even build the package. -- WBR, wRAR
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