On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 11:53:13AM +0000, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > control: block 544012 by -1 > control: owner -1 ! > control: tag -1 moreinfo > > > On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 10:18:58PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 01:55:45PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "mdk-doc-non-dfsg"; it is > > > the non-DFSG documentation (GNU Free Documentation License with invariant > > > front and back covers) for mdk, the MIX Development Kit. > > > > > > * Package name : mdk-doc-non-dfsg > > Is there a good reason to have such a name for the source package? > What was wrong with just "mdk-doc" ? Well, I was going with the make-doc-non-dfsg example, but after taking a look at the non-free Sources file, it seems that just -doc is much more common. I've renamed the source package, take a look at: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/m/mdk-doc/mdk-doc_1.2.9-1.dsc > > > Note that I'm aware that Lintian produces a single pedantic message about > > > the watch file checking the upstream PGP signature; well, the watch file > > > actually does that, but it uses a line continuation syntax that Lintian > > > does not yet understand; I intend to file a bug about that, hopefully along > > > with a patch, soon. > > well, to fix that tag is enough to remove the whitespaces. Oof, yes, you're right. OK, I've removed the whitespace and the warning is indeed gone now. > Anyway, yes please file that bug. Yes, I will. > > > dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/m/mdk-doc-non-dfsg/mdk-doc-non-dfsg_1.2.9-1.dsc > > > > OK, I've uploaded a new version of mdk-doc-non-dfsg to mentors.d.n at > > the same location with a single major change: declare compliancy with > > Debian Policy 3.9.7 and, thus, install the documentation into > > /usr/share/doc/mdk/ instead of /usr/share/doc/mdk-doc/ as suggested by > > the brand new policy's section 12.3. > > cool. > > > I find the package ok, apart from its name. I find no sense whatsoever > to have '-non-dfsg' in the source package name, the section is enough. Thanks for the suggestions! G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org pp@storpool.com PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint 2EE7 A7A5 17FC 124C F115 C354 651E EFB0 2527 DF13
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