Hi Thilo First of all, I have not 'time' probably to full review it and upload, but it's really appreciated that you openend that ITP. On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 05:08:42PM +0200, Thilo Uttendorfer wrote: > Package: sponsorship-requests > Severity: wishlist > > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "logsurfer" > > Package name : logsurfer > Version : 1.8-2 > Upstream Author : Kerry Thompson<kerry@crypt.gen.nz> > URL : http://www.crypt.gen.nz/logsurfer/ > License : BSD > Section : admin > > It builds those binary packages: > > logsurfer - Monitoring system logs in real-time > > > To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: > > http://mentors.debian.net/package/logsurfer > > > Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: > > dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/logsurfer/logsurfer_1.8-2.dsc I had a quick look at it and would like to make some suggestions: - I: logsurfer: extended-description-is-probably-too-short Would it be possible to expand the long description, see [1] for some hints [1]. E.g. maybe in a second paragraph or phrase describe what the extra features of logsurfer are (context matching, action). The idea is not to give the contenct of the logsurfer manpage, but give an user some hints on the fatures already in the log description. - short description: could you change it to have it matchng "logsurfer is a" <short description>. (e.g. real-time system log monitoring). - Running lintian with '-I' it get the following: I: logsurfer: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/logsurfer childs children I: logsurfer: extended-description-is-probably-too-short I: logsurfer: hyphen-used-as-minus-sign usr/share/man/man1/logsurfer.1.gz:136 I: logsurfer: hyphen-used-as-minus-sign usr/share/man/man1/logsurfer.1.gz:141 I: logsurfer: hyphen-used-as-minus-sign usr/share/man/man1/logsurfer.1.gz:145 I: logsurfer: hyphen-used-as-minus-sign usr/share/man/man1/logsurfer.1.gz:162 I: logsurfer: hyphen-used-as-minus-sign usr/share/man/man1/logsurfer.1.gz:166 I: logsurfer: hyphen-used-as-minus-sign usr/share/man/man1/logsurfer.1.gz:168 I: logsurfer: spelling-error-in-manpage usr/share/man/man1/logsurfer.1.gz expresion expression I: logsurfer: spelling-error-in-manpage usr/share/man/man1/logsurfer.1.gz expresion expression I: logsurfer: FSSTND-dir-in-manual-page usr/share/man/man4/logsurfer.conf.4.gz:249 /var/adm/ I: logsurfer: hyphen-used-as-minus-sign usr/share/man/man4/logsurfer.conf.4.gz:300 It would be great if you could add patches for the spelling errors and sent them to upstream to have them added in their new upstream releases. - logsurfer.conf manpage should go to section 5 'File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd'. - Generally: For the first upload it would only be neede to have the changelog entry for the Initial upload. Furthermore use (Closes: #nnnn) for the closer. Otherwise the changes file will not include the Closes field to close #670875. [1]: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-desc Thilo, as said I do not have time (at the moment) to fully go trough the package, hope that someone can have a look too. It would be great to have logsurfer in Debian. Regards, Salvatore
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