Re: ExpoSong package

[Samuel Mehrbrodt <s.mehrbrodt@gmail.com>]

Ok, I had to send the mail to submit@debian.org, not my ITP bug.
Now it's there.

Am 02.07.2013 22:16, schrieb Samuel Mehrbrodt:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> I followed the steps and sent the mail: 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=713903
>
> Did I do something wrong that it doesn't appear here on the mentors list?
>
> Samuel
> Am 01.07.2013 13:54, schrieb Daniel Beyer:
> > Hi Samuel,
> >
> > yes, I think you now can give that a try. There are some tips on how to
> > get a sponsor at:
> > https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors
> >
> > If you choose to go the RFS way, you can get a template for filling out
> > this kind of bug at:
> > https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/rfs-howto/exposong
> >
> > Please carefully go through this template and update its content
> > accordingly. Some of the placeholders in there are pretty obvious, but
> > others can easily been overlooked.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your work on Debian and good luck in finding a sponsor
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> > Am Montag, den 01.07.2013, 13:32 +0200 schrieb Samuel Mehrbrodt:
> > > 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