Bug#883611:
Paolo Gigante kirjoitti 06.12.2017 klo 20:53:
Hi Juhani,
Thanks for your feedback in your previous comment. I have now updated
the package with the requested changes. I understand that you may not be
able to sponsor this package however I would appreciate any additional
advise you can offer.
https://mentors.debian.net/package/auter
Did you notice (at https://mentors.debian.net/package/auter):
Package closes bugs in a wrong way
Errors:
Bug #883611 does not belong to this package
sponsorship-requests:
#883611 (wishlist): RFS: auter/0.11 (ITP: Bug#880600)
Even though that message isn't too helpful, it is correct. One should
close the ITP bug and not the RFS in the changelog of a new package.
https://lintian.debian.org/tags/new-package-should-close-itp-bug.html
The orig.tar.gz is not a real original tarball. It has generated files
such as docs/auter.1 and lacks many files that are found in the github
repository, e.g. Makefile, README.md, HACKING.md, LICENSE, and so on. It
is not available for download, either.
Instead of that, please use a tarball that's available to download from
https://github.com/rackerlabs/auter/releases or
https://github.com/rackerlabs/auter/tags where your debian/watch points
to. If you package something you call 0.11-1, its orig tarball should
really be the same one that upstream calls 0.11.
https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide
There is code in the Makefile to extract the Standards-Version from
lintian's files. That's not really correct or even useful, since the
meaning of Standards-Version in debian/control is "the last version of
Debian Policy against which this package was checked". It should only be
updated after ensuring compliance (there's upgrading checklist to help).
Having an out-of-date Standards-Version will have no effect on the built
package whatsoever.
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
With best regards,
Juhani
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