Bug#670800: [NMU] latex-cjk-japanese-wadalab: Helping to update to Copyright format 1.0
Hi Jari,
On Do, 10 Mai 2012, Jari Aalto wrote:
> I'm planning to NMU with changes listed in previous mail's patch to help
> migrate away from deprecated dpatch.
Although I appreciate your work on that, what on *earth* are you planning?
Can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read the
developers reference, 5.11.1. When and how to do an NMU
There is clearly stated:
Does your NMU really fix bugs? Fixing cosmetic issues or changing the packaging style in NMUs is discouraged.
All the changes you propose are cosmetic and nothing else.
May I dissect your great patch and esp. changelog:
+ * Update to debhelper to 9.
+ * debian/compat
+ - Update to 9.
Ok, change 7 -> 9, well
+ * debian/copyright
+ - Migrate to Copyright Format 1.0.
cosmetic. and maintainers *might* prefer *not* to use that format.
+ * debian/patches:
+ - Add DEP-3 headers.
+ - Change to standard *.patch suffix and (-) in file names.
renaming and eliminating of white space?
+ * debian/rules:
+ - Replace deprecated dh_prep and use dh_prep.
first dh_clean -> dh_prep, secondly the command was not called:
-# dh_clean -k
+# dh_prep
> Please let me know if an update is alredy being worked on, or if the
> previous patch needs adjustments, or if there is anything that should
> delay the NMU.
Thanks for your work, and Danai *might* include your copyright
change in one of the future versions, but this is *SOLELY* up to
him as main maintainer of the package.
Bottom line: I *STRONGLY* oppose this NMU, there is NO reason to do it.
Unrelated question: What is the reason to do that? Do you want to
see your name in the copyright file???
Best wishes
Norbert
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Norbert Preining preining@{jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org}
JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer
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DIDCOT (n.)
The tiny oddly-shaped bit of card which a ticket inspector cuts out of
a ticket with his clipper for no apparent reason. It is a little-known
fact that the confetti at Princess Margaret's wedding was made up of
thousands of didcots collected by inspectors on the Royal
Train. DIDLING (participial vb.)
The process of trying to work out who did it when reading a whodunnit,
and trying to keep your options open so that when you find out you can
allow yourself to think that you knew perfectly well who it was all
along.
--- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff
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