Bug#753487: RFS: stda/1.3.1-1 -- new upstream release (package already in Debian)

[Eriberto <eriberto@eriberto.pro.br>]

2014-08-25 12:21 GMT-03:00 Dimitar Ivanov <drimiks@freeshell.de>:
> Hi Eriberto,

Hi,

I saw you made a new revision (-2) of your package. However, the
1.3.1-1 not exist in Debian. So you must change 'unstable' by
'UNRELEASED' in d/changelog when saying about 1.3.1-1.


>>>> 2. d/control:
>>
>> Sorry, but when I said punctuation, I meant to put a dot in end of
>> each line. Example:
>>
>>  * maphimbu   - histogram builder for 1-d numerical and text data.
>>  * mintegrate - evaluate average/sum/integral/derivative of 1-d numerical
>> data.
>
> Well, but a short description is not a complete sentence, why should one put
> a dot there? In my opinion it should stay as it is - see for example: [1]
> http://sources.debian.net/src/tcputils/0.6.2-9/debian/control/
> [2] http://sources.debian.net/src/cutils/1.6-3.1/debian/control/
> Or maybe a semicolon ';' can be put at the end..


It is a rule of writting, a suggestion, not a Debian rule. You can use
semicolon too. Note that have several issues in several packages in
Debian. So, I can use them to justify all problems in a package. Sorry
but my intent is help you to release a package with good conditions.
But you can drop my suggestions, no problems. If no technical problems
in package mechanisms, no problem.


>> You really need a VCS. It is very important to keep the package
>> control across the versions. I suggest to use GitHub (easy). Please,
>> put 'github tutorial' in Google. You need put, at least, the debian/
>> directory under the VCS control. In d/control you need add Vcs-Browser
>> and Vcs-Git fields. You can see an example here:
>>
>> http://sources.debian.net/src/mac-robber/1.02-3/debian/control/
>
> Ok, how about hosting a repository of the stda-package on Alioth within the
> collab-maint project: would you like to support this? Otherwise I'll create
> a git-repository within the GNU Savannah's hosting service - what do you
> think?


Yes, I can be your advocate to get access to collab-maint. But you can
use an external service too.

Cheers,

Eriberto