Bug#856652: RFS: xpdf/3.0.4.real-4
On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 13:12 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Dear Svante,
>
> On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 02:25:59PM +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> > Seems like I made some errors when uploading and sending the RFS
> > request:
> > 1) I did not change the Maintainer: field in debian/control
> > 2) Looking at the uploaded package the RFS files says:
> > Need a sponsor? No.
> >
> > What to do to correct them?
>
> Could we work out of a git repository, instead, bypassing mentors?
>
> My preferred workflow:
> https://manpages.debian.org/jessie-backports/dgit/dgit-sponsorship.7.
> en.html
Ok, I'll try to learn about how to use dgit. Thanks!
> On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 02:38:06PM +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> > I made this upload, renaming 3.04-4 to 3.04.real, mainly to obtain
> > an updated
> > upstream tarball, which is not the case for the current version in
> > testing. The
> > reason is to enable using debdiff xpdf_*.dsc for the really fixed
> > package,
> > 3.04.real-5. If needed I can upload that modified package instead.
> > That one is
> > among other things closing 11 important and normal bugs. (Probably
> > even more
> > bugs, I have not yet looked into the minor ans wishlist bugs.
>
> Why would you want a sponsor to look at the package that only has the
> tarball changed?
>
> If you are repacking the tarball, you should use 3.04.real-1, not -5.
OK, seems reasonable to start with -1. The reason for my first upload
was based on the comments from Adam Borowski saying that since the
Debian version of the tarball is a stripped-off version of the real
upstream one it is more difficult to use debdiff. Hence, I thought
uploading a version with the correct upstream tarball would be a good
first step. And then submit a package with the real changes.
> Please show me the package that you actually want me to upload!
> Preferably in git, so that nobody has to use debdiff :)
See above, Thanks for the link, I'll be back. Now I even think I have a
linitan clean version :)
BTW: Do I need to publish my packages somewhere locally? I currently
don't have a web server running. Or is it possible to just use dput?
Thanks a lot for your interest in sponsoring this package :)
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