Re: ExpoSong package
Hi Daniel,
thanks for your help, I fixed the remaining warnings.
Now I guess I can request sponsorship for the package.
Samuel
Am 01.07.2013 12:42, schrieb Daniel Beyer:
> Hi Samuel,
>
> you should fix everything lintian reports, even the pedantic ones.
> Sometimes it might become necessary to override lintian, but with the
> remaining ones in your package, I don't think this needs to be done:
>
>
> W: exposong source: empty-debian-diff
> I suggest you remove the /debian directory from the upstream tarball, as
> it is recommended here:
> http://lintian.debian.org/tags/empty-debian-diff.html
>
>
> I: exposong source: missing-debian-source-format
> This one is easy to fix. Simply add a file /debian/source/format
> containing the following line:
> 3.0 (quilt)
>
>
> P: exposong: no-upstream-changelog
> The tarball that is found at
> http://exposong.googlecode.com/files/exposong-0.8.tar.gz contains an
> upstream changelog (/CHANGELOG.txt). I wonder why your
> exposong_0.8.orig.tar.gz on mentors.debian.net does not contains this.
> If it would be in your tarball, lintian would be satisfied...
>
>
> BTW.: Your /debian directory contains some files ending with '~'. Those
> looks like some backups generated by your texteditor automatically. I
> suggest you delete those - or at least drop them out of your
> packaging...
>
>
> Greetings
> Daniel
>
>
> Am Montag, den 01.07.2013, 12:14 +0200 schrieb Samuel Mehrbrodt:
>> Hi,
>>
>> can someone again have a look please:
>> https://mentors.debian.net/package/exposong
>>
>> I fixed most of the warnings. Is it neccessary to fix _every_ warning or
>> is the package in a good shape to be include in Debian?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Samuel
>> Am 26.06.2013 13:24, schrieb Tobias Frost:
>>> Am Mittwoch, den 26.06.2013, 11:40 +0200 schrieb Samuel Mehrbrodt:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Do I really need to have a manpage for my program?
>>>> And what is a watch file?
>>>>
>>> Yes, you need a manpage, see policy 12.1
>>> (It will also create the lintian warning binary-without-manpage)
>>>
>>> A watch file helps to detect if there is a new upstream version.
>>> See uscan(1), http://wiki.debian.org/debian/watch/ and the policy 5.22
>>>
>>> coldtobi
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