Bug#699824: Updated package
Hi Anton,
thank you for your comments.
1,3,6,7,8,9,10) Can do.
2) The source code is not distributed as .tar.gz archive but as .zip
archive by upstream. The .zip archive is available at
http://www.tipp10.com/en/download/tipp10_source_v2-1-0.zip
4) That is a mistake, I had decided against the "desktop file in debian
directory" but forgot to remove it.
5) I tried hard to add a watch file, but due to the non-standard form of
source code distribution, my tinkering lead nowhere. I will try harder
as soon as I have time.
11) The only alternatives I see to shipping the "binary" file are:
a) Patch to skip the initialization of the database at first program
start. This will probably result in the "intelligent word sequencing"
not working.
b) Patch to enhance performance of database initialization, handling
database initialization in a separate thread and providing a lock on the
database while initialization. This would be very hard work for me and
probably take quite some time.
What do you suggest?
> 1) Please, use DEP-3 for patches, just add at least short
> Description, Author and Last-Update fields.
>
> 2) Where is it possible to download a tar.gz, which is shipped with
> the package?
>
> 3) Please, use VCS for maintaining your package. You can do it on
> collab-maintain or in one of available teams. It will be easier to
> maintain/review your package, using VCS.
>
> 4) Why do you patch tipp10.desktop, if you have one more desktop-file
> in debian-folder?
>
> 5) Add debian/watch file.
>
> 6) You have html-documentation, it should have be indicated in
> corresponding doc-base files.
>
> 7) Add a manpage, at least a short one, describing the minimal
> functionality.
>
> 8) Can you use the name /usr/bin/tipp10 instead of
> /usr/bin/tipp10launcher?
>
> 9) Use --parallel option in debian/rules for faster buildings on
> many-cores build-machines.
>
> 10) Use "lintian" over .changes file for controlling your package.
>
>> I decided for the time being to create a template database and
>> fetch it in the debian folder.
>
> Is it possible to find another solution for that? You are putting
> "binary" (compressed gz-file) into the debian-folder. It is not
> allowed.
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