Bug#527199: My work so far on a python-ftputil package

[Stefan Schwarzer <sschwarzer@sschwarzer.net>]

Hello,

I'm the main author of ftputil and came across this bug
report a few days ago.

As I'm an Ubuntu user, I'd like to see the inclusion of a
python-ftputil package in the Debian repository. To this
end, I've already done some work which you can inspect at
http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/trac/browser/debian . With
that, I'm able to make a Debian package as well as install
and uninstall it. You may also look at the Makefile in
http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/trac/browser/Makefile .

When checking the Debian package with `lintian --info`, I
get the following message:

  E: python-ftputil: FSSTND-dir-in-usr usr/doc/
  N:
  N:    As of policy version 3.0.0.0, Debian no longer follows the FSSTND.
  N:
  N:    Instead, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), version 2.3, is used.
  N:    You can find it in /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/fhs/ .
  N:
  N:    Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 9.1.1 (File System Structure) for
  N:    details.
  N:
  N:    Severity: serious, Certainty: certain

I looked at the mentioned URL which lists a directory
/usr/share/doc where the documentation of my package is
installed, so I don't know what the lintian message refers
to. By the way of documentation: The tar.gz file of my
package contains a documentation file ftputil.html which I
can't find in /usr/share/doc after the installation even
though the other documentation files are there.

It's a while ago I did the main part of the Debian
packaging; I only remember that an Ubuntu-related IRC log
and the Debian Python Policy were my main sources of
information.

I'd like it if a Debian package maintainer took care of this
package. If really no one wants to do it, I would though I
wouldn't like to do it if it can't be avoided. In that case,
please give me some feedback on what needs to be done to get
the package into the regular Debian repositories.

Stefan