Bug#827043: RFS: gdbm/1.12-1 ITP

[Dmitry Bogatov <KAction@gnu.org>]

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: wishlist

Dear mentors,

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

* Package name    : gdbm
  Version         : 1.12-1
  Upstream Author : bug-gdbm@gnu.org
* Url             : http://directory.fsf.org/project/gdbm/
* Licenses        : GPL-3+, GFDL-1.3+
  Section         : libs

It builds those binary packages:

    libgdbm4 -- GNU dbm database routines (runtime version)
    libgdbm-dev -- GNU dbm database routines (development files)
    gdbmtool -- GNU dbm database routines (command line tools)

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

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

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

    http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdbm/gdbm_1.12-1.dsc

Alternatively, you can access package debian/ directory via git from URL:

    https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/users/kaction-guest/gdbm.git

More information about gdbm can be obtained from http://directory.fsf.org/project/gdbm/

Changes since last upload:

  * New maintainer (Closes: #826639)
  * New upstream release
  * Update debian/watch
      - use HTTP over FTP protocol. FTP have some issues with Tor.
      - check GPG signature
  * New binary package libgdbm4 over libgdbm3 due upstream changing ABI.
  * Bump debhelper compat level from 7 to 9
  * Migrate debian/rules to `dh' sequencer
  * Bump standards version to 3.9.8
  * Remove obsolete README.source -- package no longer uses dpatch,
    it now uses quilt
  * Refresh patches and format them according dep3
    - 01_texinfo-usr-local.patch: upstream moved texinfo manual under doc/
  * Drop no longer needed patches
     - 02_zero-headers.patch: code seems to be correct as-is,
       no bug reference is present in patch
     - 03-Makefile.in.patch: upstream now uses Automake
     - 04_fix-gdbm-compat-linking.patch: compatibility with ancient (pre-2.0)
       libtool is not needed anymore.
     - 05_handle-short-read.patch: implemented upstream
     - 06_manpage-cleanup.patch: hyphen issues fixed upstream
     - 07-link-flags.patch: upstream now uses Automake
     - 08-651521-libtool-mode-install.patch: upstream now uses Automake
     - 08-709905-gdbm.texinfo.patch: fixed upstream
  * Remove mainainer scripts that called 'ldconfig', which is called by
    dpkg trigger.
  * Reformat debian/copyright according dep5
  * New binary package 'gdbtool' for command line utilities, provided by
    upstream.
  * Enable hardening
  * Fix spelling in manual pages
  * Replace direct pre-dependency on multiarch-support with ${misc:Pre-Depends}
  * Regenerate 'symbols' file
  * Add Vcs-* fields in debian/control

Regards,
  Dmitry Bogatov