Bug#913642: RFS: dvipng/1.15-1.1 [LowNMU]

[Hugh McMaster <hugh.mcmaster@outlook.com>]

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the package dvipng.

* Package name    : dvipng
  Version         : 1.15-1.1
  Upstream Author : Jan-Åke Larsson <jalar@users.sourceforge.net>
* URL             : http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dvipng/
* License         : LGPL-3+
  Section         : utils

The source builds the following binary package:
    dvipng - convert DVI files to PNG graphics

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

    https://mentors.debian.net/package/dvipng

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

    dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/dvipng/dvipng_1.15-1.1.dsc

More information about dvipng can be obtained from http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dvipng/.

Changes since the last upload:

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Convert package from cdbs to debhelper.
  * Raise package compatibility to level 11.
  * debian/copyright:
    - Convert to DEP-5 syntax.
  * debian/control:
    - Remove cdbs from the Build-Depends list.
    - Build-Depend on debhelper (version 11), pkg-config and texlive.
  * debian/rules:
    - Use debhelper syntax.
    - Add 'hardening=+all' to DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS.
  * debian/patches/acinclude.m4.patch:
    - Ensure all custom package macros are automatically included in the
      regenerated aclocal.m4 file.
  * debian/patches/freetype2_pkg-config.patch:
    - Use pkg-config to detect FreeType 2, as freetype-config is not installed
      in FreeType 2.9.1 or later (Closes: #887606).
  * debian/patches/spelling.patch:
    - Fix spelling errors identified by Lintian.

Please note that permission to convert the package from cdbs to debhelper was granted by the maintainer. [1]

Kind regards,

Hugh McMaster

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=887606