Bug#722249: help with debian packageing simplescreenrecorder
The text for the man pages can be taken from the --help output of both
simplescreenrecorder and ssr-glinject. There is a tool that can do this
automatically IIRC, but some reformatting may be needed. I can maintain
manpages upstream (which is probably desirable), but I have no
experience with creating them. I'll do some searching and try to come up
with something.
If there's anything else that I can do upstream to make packaging
easier, don't hesitate to let me know :).
Maarten Baert
On 10/03/15 19:26, Paul Elliott wrote:
> I have seen the ITP on simplescreenrecorder.
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=722249
>
> I have decided to help out packaging this package.
>
> Whoever owns this bug and is working on this please clone:
> git@github.com:pelliott80/simplescreenrecorder-dpm.git
> or
> https://github.com/pelliott80/simplescreenrecorder-dpm.git
>
> This is a packaging repository used for packaging. It
> is in dpm format.
> http://git-dpm.alioth.debian.org/
>
> This is the most common format for packaging work on alioth.
>
> packages in this format usually have at least 3 branches,
> upstream, pristine-tar, and master.
>
> upstream contains the upstream's source unmodified.
> pristine-tar is used to reconstruct a tarball.
> master is the files as modified for packaging
> there will be a debian directory and the source may
> be modified by any patches.
>
> here is the changelog entry I used to help get this package
> into Debian:
>
> simplescreenrecorder (0.3.3-2) unstable; urgency=medium
>
> * volunteer to help get it into Debian.
> * change to non-native package; native packages do not make it into Debian.
> * update standards version to 3.9.6
> * remove unneeded build dependency on build-essential
> * remove duplicate dependency in build depends, libxext-dev, libx11-dev,
> - libxfixes-dev
> * use correct format specification URI
> - https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
> * remove indefinite article from Description field
> * wrap too long line in Description field
> * remove empty debian/postinst
> * update copyright file
> * fix VCS fields
> - VCS fields should point to the source control for the packaging;
> - not the source control for the program.
> * create debian/watch file.
>
> -- Paul Elliott <pelliott@blackpatchpanel.com> Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:59:23 -0600
>
> here are the current results of lintian:
> P: simplescreenrecorder source: debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature
> N:
> N: This watch file does not include a means to verify the upstream tarball
> N: using cryptographic signature.
> N:
> N: If upstream distributions provide such signatures, please use the
> N: pgpsigurlmangle options in this watch file's opts= to generate the URL
> N: of an upstream GPG signature. This signature is automatically downloaded
> N: and verified against a keyring stored in
> N: debian/upstream-signing-key.asc.
> N:
> N: Of course, not all upstreams provide such signatures, but you could
> N: request them as a way of verifying that no third party has modified the
> N: code against their wishes after the release. Projects such as
> N: phpmyadmin, unrealircd, and proftpd have suffered from this kind of
> N: attack.
> N:
> N: Refer to the uscan(1) manual page for details.
> N:
> N: Severity: pedantic, Certainty: certain
> N:
> N: Check: watch-file, Type: source
> N:
> W: simplescreenrecorder: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/simplescreenrecorder
> N:
> N: Each binary in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /bin, /sbin or /usr/games should
> N: have a manual page
> N:
> N: Note that though the man program has the capability to check for several
> N: program names in the NAMES section, each of these programs should have
> N: its own manual page (a symbolic link to the appropriate manual page is
> N: sufficient) because other manual page viewers such as xman or tkman
> N: don't support this.
> N:
> N: If the name of the man page differs from the binary by case, man may be
> N: able to find it anyway; however, it is still best practice to make the
> N: case of the man page match the case of the binary.
> N:
> N: If the man pages are provided by another package on which this package
> N: depends, lintian may not be able to determine that man pages are
> N: available. In this case, after confirming that all binaries do have man
> N: pages after this package and its dependencies are installed, please add
> N: a lintian override.
> N:
> N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 12.1 (Manual pages) for details.
> N:
> N: Severity: normal, Certainty: possible
> N:
> N: Check: manpages, Type: binary
> N:
> W: simplescreenrecorder: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/ssr-glinject
>
> I: Lintian run was successful.
>
> As I see it the outstanding issues on getting this package into
> Debian is the lack of manpages for ssr-glinject and simplescreenrecorder.
>
> Perhaps the upstream, Maarten Baert, could be persuaded to write those
> manpages. He knows those programs best.
>
> By the way, who owns this bug? perhaps we could collaborate in getting
> this program into Debian?
>
> Best Wishes to all.
>
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