Bug#742309: RFS: libvarnam/3.1.3-1

["Eric L." <ewl+debian+nospam2014@lavar.de>]

Hi,
the issue is that the first line of the description (the short description) doesn't give any information, it just paraphrases the package name and version (I know that libvarnam/3.1.3-1 is a library and that it's about Varnam with a 3).
Something else: the mentor page is full of lintian warnings, you will have to fix those before any DD (I'm not one BTW) will sponsor your package. You may ask specific questions on the list on how to fix a specific one but in general the linked descriptions are quite helpful.
Cheers, Eric

On 23 March 2014 06:00:35 CET, "Navaneeth.K.N" <navaneethkn@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Eric,

Thanks for checking out the project. Where should I improve the
project description? The debain control files has proper description
about the project. Where else should I change?

Thanks

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 12:40 AM, Eric L.
<ewl+debian+nospam2014@lavar.de> wrote:
 Hi,
 I would recommend to improve the short description. The homepage states
 "cross platform transliterator for Indian languages" which sounds more
 informative to me.
 Eric

 On 22 March 2014 07:18:18 CET, Navaneeth K N <navaneethkn@gmail.com> wrote:

 Package: sponsorship-requests
 Severity: normal

   Package: sponsorship-requ
 ests
   Severity: normal

   Dear mentors,

   I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libvarnam"

  * Package name    : libvarnam
    Version         : 3.1.3-1
    Upstream Author : Navaneeth K N <navaneethkn@gmail.com>
  * URL             : http://varnamproject.com
  * License         : MIT
    Section         : libs

   It builds those binary packages:

     libvarnam  - Varnam 3 shared library
     libvarnam-dev - Varnam 3 development files
     varnamc    - Commandline interface to libvarnam

   To access further information about this package, please visit the
 following
 URL:

   http://mentors.debian.net/package/libvarnam

   Alternatively, one can do
  wnload
 the package with dget using this command:

     dget -x

 http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/libv/libvarnam/libvarnam_3.1.3-1.dsc

   More information about libvarnam can be obtained from
 http://www.varnamproject.com.

   Changes since the last upload:

   libvarnam (3.1.3-1) stable; urgency=low

     * varnam_init_from_lang will make the suggestions directory
     * Fixed varnam_init_from_lang() to set errors correctly
     * Adding MultiArch directories to varnamc search path
     * Added uninstall target
     * MultiArch support to the build system
     * Added manpages for varnamc

   Regards,
    Navaneeth K N



 -- System Information:
 Debian Release: wheezy/sid
   APT prefers saucy-updates
   APT policy: (500,
 'saucy-updates'), (500, 'saucy-security'), (500, 's
 aucy'),
(100,
 'saucy-backports')
 Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
 Foreign Architectures: i386

 Kernel: Linux 3.11.0-18-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
 Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)
 Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash


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