Bug#739585: RFS: qjoypad/4.1.0-1 ITP

[Jordan Metzmeier <jmetzmeier01@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org> wrote:
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
>
> Hi Jordan,
>
> On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:33:48 -0600, Jordan Metzmeier <jmetzmeier01@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "qjoypad"
>
> [...]
>
>> The package contains two lintian info warnings:
>> desktop-entry-lacks-keywords-entry
>> no-upstream-changelog
>>
>> For the desktop lacking keywords entry, I really didn't have any ideas
>> on what a user would type in other than the name and expect to find
>> qjoypad. I would be happy to include any suggestions here.
>
> no-upstream-changelog is now pedantic, so I wouldn't worry about it. As far
> as keywords go, I'd add joystick, joypad, and perhaps joykeys and joyemu (the
> names of two similar programs for Windows or DOS which users may know).
>
> Did you look at the Ubuntu packaging? I like the desktop file:
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Name=QJoyPad
> GenericName=Simulated Keystrokes
> GenericName[de]=Simulierte Tastendrücke
> Comment=Trigger keystrokes and mouse actions with gamepads/joysticks
> Comment[de]=Löse mit dem Gamepad/Joystick Tastendrücke und Mausbewegungen aus
> Icon=qjoypad
> Exec=qjoypad
> Terminal=false
> Type=Application
> Categories=Utility;Game;
> StartupNotify=false
> Encoding=UTF-8
>
> I think the comment is better than that in your version, and the "Utility"
> and "Games" categories seems more appropriate to me than "KDE" and "Qt".
> Don't bother with the generic name though...
>
> Given that you have a debian/install file, you could use that to replace your
> install line for qjoypad.desktop in debian/rules.
>
> Could you also convert the icon to xpm and add it to the menu file? See
> https://wiki.debian.org/Games/JessieReleaseGoal for details.
>
> I noticed in your ITP that you mention a possible Games team maintainership;
> what are your thoughts on that now? (I'm a member of the Games team).
>
> Thanks for your work! It's nice to see you know your way around qmake ;-).
>

Stephen,

Thanks for taking a look at the package. I will make the suggested
changes to the desktop file and menu icons this weekend.

I am still open to Games team maintainership. I committed some of the
initial packaging work to a pkg-games git repository, but it needs to
be updated and Vcs tags added to the control file. I would be happy to
change the maintainer field as well.

Regards,
Jordan Metzmeier