[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#433684: ITP: gnome-launch-box -- An application launcher for GNOME



On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 21:30 +0200, Julien Lavergne wrote:
> Le jeudi 19 juillet 2007 à 12:15 +0200, Sebastian Dröge a écrit :
> > Am Mittwoch, den 18.07.2007, 22:17 +0200 schrieb Julien Lavergne:
> > > Package: wnpp
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > > Owner: Julien Lavergne <julien.lavergne@gmail.com>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > * Package name    : gnome-launch-box
> > >   Version         : 0.2
> > >   Upstream Author : Sven Herzberg  <sven@imendio.com>
> > > * URL             : http://developer.imendio.com/projects/gnome-launch-box
> > > * License         : GPL
> > >   Programming Lang: C
> > >   Description     : An application launcher for GNOME
> > > 
> > > Launch Box is an application launcher for the GNOME Environnement.
> > > Currently supported modules are: 
> > >    * Application starting and launch
> > >    * Evolution contacts lookup and mail to
> > >    * Recent files lookup and open
> > >    * Files in your desktop and open
> > >    * Firefox bookmarks lookup and opening
> > 
> > Hi,
> > if you want to make your life a bit easier you can base your package on
> > the one from Ubuntu, adjust it or clean it up for Debian if necessary.
> > 
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gnome-launch-box/
> > 
> > Bye
> > 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the tips. Yes, that's what I did. I did some "refresh" in
> control file and add a man page. I upload the package on
> mentors.debian.org :
> http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=gnome-launch-box
> linda and lintian seems ok with it, so I wait for a sponsor to look at
> it.

Looks good... but IMHO it would be good to say in copyright where you
got the base package from, who did the packaging, etc instead of
relicensing other's work as GPL under your copyright ;)

Also keeping the old changelog entries is good style IMHO.




Reply to: