Bug#696385: RFS: astromenace/1.3.1+ds-1 [ITP] -- hardcore 3D space shooter with spaceship upgrade possibilities

[Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@member.fsf.org>]

On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:06:54 Boris Pek wrote:
> > - Since you use xz compression, please consider adding Pre-Depends:
> > dpkg (>= 1.15.6) to debian/control (i.e. lintian tag
> > data.tar.xz-member-without-dpkg-pre-depends, which I think has been
> > recently removed).
> 
> Yes, I am aware of this lintian note, but I ignore it because:
> 1) It is useless for new packages.
> 2) "Pre-Depends should be used sparingly, preferably only by packages whose
>     premature upgrade or installation would hamper the ability of the
> system to continue with any upgrade that might be in progress.
> 
>     You should not specify a Pre-Depends entry for a package before this
> has been discussed on the debian-devel mailing list and a consensus about
> doing that has been reached." [1]
> 
> [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html

Perhaps it was me who ignored this lintian warning first. :)
This warning doesn't make sense for Debain any more.
I completely agree with Boris on this. 


> > - Dmitry Smirnov is listed as an Uploader for astromenace but not for
> > astromenace-data; is this intended?
> 
> I am not sure that he want to co-maintain it. But he could add or remove
> himself from uploaders list at any moment. Dmitry, could you comment this?

Boris picked up the packaging where I left it. In the beginning both packages 
[astromenace,astromenace-data] were generated from single source. It was good 
enough as proof of concept. I was not following on development since Boris 
continued it but I trust Boris and I'm sure he knows what he is doing. :)

As the moment I have other priorities so I can't co-maintain astromenace-data 
yet. I'd probably stay a bit longer as astromenace uploader until I decide 
whenever remove or add myself as uploader of astromenace-data. 

Thanks, Boris.
Thanks Vincent.

Cheers,
Dmitry.