Bug#1017783: RFS: tablix2/0.3.5-4 [QA] -- Kernel for solving general timetabling problems

[Hugh McMaster <hugh.mcmaster@outlook.com>]

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "tablix2":

 * Package name    : tablix2
   Version         : 0.3.5-4
   Upstream Author : Tomaž Šolc <tomaz.solc@tablix.org>
 * URL             : https://www.tablix.org
 * License         : LGPL-2+, LGPL-2.1+, TinyScheme-BSD-3-Clause,
GPL-2+, public-domain, HPND-sell-variant
 * Vcs             : [fill in URL of packaging vcs]
   Section         : misc

The source builds the following binary packages:

  tablix2 - Kernel for solving general timetabling problems
  tablix2-doc - Kernel for solving general timetabling problems (documentation)

To access further information about this package, please visit the
following URL:

  https://mentors.debian.net/package/tablix2/

Alternatively, you can download the package with 'dget' using this command:

  dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/t/tablix2/tablix2_0.3.5-4.dsc

Changes since the last upload:

 tablix2 (0.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * QA upload.
   * Set Maintainer to Debian QA Group (see #994647).
   * Convert package to '3.0 (quilt)' format (Closes: #1007512).
   * debian/control:
     + Priority: extra -> optional.
     + Switch to debhelper-compat v13 and drop debian/compat file.
     + Build-Depends: add pkg-config; remove dh-autoreconf.
     + Raise Standards-Version to 4.6.1 from 3.9.8 (no changes needed).
     + Update package description.
     + Use HTTPS protocol.
     + Add documentation and examples package (tablix2-doc).
     + Declare Rules-Requires-Root: no.
     + Trim trailing whitespace.
     + Suggest gnuplot instead of Recommending it.
   * debian/copyright: Convert to DEP-5 format and update.
   * debian/patches:
     + Remove references to 'debian' from upstream build files.
     + Remove hard-coded 'localedir' override from configure.in.
     + Use pkg-config to find libxml2 (Closes: #949502).
     + Fix spelling and syntax errors in the man pages.
   * debian/rules:
     + Use the 'dh' build system (Closes: #949600).
     + Add hardening flags to DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS.
   * debian/upstream: Add metadata file.
   * debian/watch: Update version, repository URL and archive regex.
   * tablix2: Don't install the *.la files (Closes: #810271).
   * tablix2.docs: Add doc-base file.
   * Override some Lintian warnings.

Regards,
-- 
  Hugh McMaster