Re: xorgproto_2018.4-1_amd64.changes REJECTED
On 09.03.2018 10:38, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 09:55:06AM +0200, Timo Aaltonen wrote:
>> On 09.03.2018 08:00, Chris Lamb wrote:
>>> Version: 2018.4-1
>>> Timestamp: 2018-03-06 19:36:05.059079+00:00
>>> Takes over more then ten packages but gives not the slightest hint that this is correct
>> Hint like what, and for whom, exactly? Upstream merged all the separate
>> protocol packages in one:
>
> The changelog is a place to document what and sometimes why something
> changed. In this case it just tells us this package is pristine. As it
> takes over existing stuff this is obviously not correct, it got some
> kind of a history.
Alright, -2 will have something.
>>> Uses a weird mix of package styles:
>>> W: xorgproto source: patch-system-but-direct-changes-in-diff attic/bigreqsproto/docbook.am
>>> W: xorgproto source: patch-system-but-direct-changes-in-diff attic/bigreqsproto/specs/Makefile.am
>>> W: xorgproto source: patch-system-but-direct-changes-in-diff attic/fontsproto/docbook.am
>>> W: xorgproto source: patch-system-but-direct-changes-in-diff attic/fontsproto/specs/Makefile.am
>> That's because packaging is based on upstream git plus source format 1.0
>> (like ~all xorg-team packages are), and the tarball doesn't ship these.
>> But whatever, I've removed them from the packaging branch.
>
> Well, lintian thinks this is fishy. So please do something against such
> warnings (and also the one error!). In this case I don't see why this
> can't be a 3.0 package, as it even is setup to use a quilt patch series.
I only see this which was due to my sbuild config:
E: xorgproto changes: bad-distribution-in-changes-file sid
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