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Bug#783277: RFS: gnome-exe-thumbnailer/0.9.3 [ITP]



Hi James,

On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:52:13 -0700, James Lu <GLolol1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the response! I've uploaded a new version (0.9.3-1) via dput 
> mentors, which fixes most of the problems you've mentioned. The site, 
> however, doesn't seem to have updated the package page, so I'm not sure 
> if the changes have stuck. I've mirrored the .dsc file elsewhere 
> <http://packages.overdrive.pw/pool/main/g/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/gnome-exe-thumbnailer_0.9.3-1.dsc> 
> just in case, though aptly (repo management) doesn't handle .changes 
> files yet.

I couldn't find your updated package on mentors, but the other .dsc is OK (I
don't need the .changes file to review or even to sponsor an upload).

> The only warning left is binary-without-manpage, as the source doesn't 
> seem to provide one at all. The script, gnome-exe-thumbnailer, doesn't 
> handle --help either, and spits out errors instead. I'm not sure what to 
> do in this case, other than file a separate issue?

You'd need to write a manpage :-). Given that thumbnailers aren't run by
end-users generally, the manpage doesn't need to be very detailed; have a
look at
https://sources.debian.net/src/evince/3.14.1-2/debian/evince-thumbnailer.1/
for an example. If you've never done this before, try adapting
evince-thumbnailer.1; I can help if necessary.

Apart from that I'd prefer it if you could merge all your changes into a
single changelog entry, so there's only an entry for 0.9.3-1, then the
pre-existing entry for 0.9.3-0ubuntu1.

> > Finally, it might be worth packaging this within the Wine packaging team,
> > if you'd care to join us...
> 
> I'm not too familiar with packaging teams, but that sounds good to me! 
> I'm open to collaborative maintenance. :)

OK, great! You need to create an Alioth account if you don't have one yet
(https://alioth.debian.org/account/register.php), then go to the Wine
packaging team page and ask to join
(https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-wine/ and look for the "Request to
join" link in the right-hand column).

To mark the package as team-maintained, you'd set

Maintainer: Debian Wine Party <pkg-wine-party@lists.alioth.debian.org>

in debian/control and add yourself in an Uploaders: entry. Once you're in the
team you'll be able to create a git repository there for your package too.
(But you can worry about that later if it's unfamiliar to you.)

Regards,

Stephen

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