Re: Bug#778729: Try 2: Bug#778729: RFS: git-tools/1.0.0-1 [ITP]
On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 11:49:08PM +0100, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> > Thus, it would feel odd to have a package named "git-tools" that contains
> > only two tools of some note.
>
> OK, stick with git-restore-mtime as the binary package then. I'm wondering if
> it would be better to call the source package git-mestrelion-tools...
Good idea, I've just done so.
> > > While I'm at it, given that you're shipping extra manpages, wouldn't it be
> > > worth it to ship the help2man-generated manpage as well, instead of
> > > rebuilding it every time?
> >
> > I build it from source to make sure new upstream changes are incorporated.
>
> That's what I reckoned, although you'd still need to tweak the version number
> in debian/rules every time.
The version number is just something help2man wants, man works fine without.
> > On the other hand, this makes it near impossible to adjust the output, and
> > is inconsistent with the other three manpages, all of which are
> > hand-crafted. Thus, you're probably right, it would be better to ship
> > the manpage instead of building it from source.
Done.
> Shall I wait for that then before uploading?
Should be ready now. However, mentors.d.n seems to not allow uploading the
same binary package with a different source more than once per day (there's
some cronjob AFAIK), so I had to use my own repository:
http://angband.pl/debian/pool/main/g/git-mestrelion-tools/git-mestrelion-tools_1.0.0-1.dsc
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