Hello Simon,

On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 08:40:43PM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote:
> Michael: how would you recommend proceeding with this? Should I bother
> asking for a sponsored-NMU of a known-broken package in the hope that it's
> xmms2's fault, should I add the Recommends, should I file a separate bug for
> the Recommends?

I would be for a separate bug for the Recommends so the maintainer can
add it and add some documentation in /usr/share/doc/abraca/README.Debian
on this.

> diff -u abraca-0.2/debian/changelog abraca-0.2/debian/changelog
> --- abraca-0.2/debian/changelog
> +++ abraca-0.2/debian/changelog
> @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
> +abraca (0.2-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
> +
> +  * Non-maintainer upload.
> +  * Use a temporary $HOME during build to stop waf writing outside the build
> +    directory (Closes: #439567).
> +
> + -- Simon McVittie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:47:31 +0000
> +

Is using a temporary $HOME really such a good idea? What do you thin
about just disabling/removing (via patch) the stuff in ./waf that needs
$HOME? I'm not a python guy, so I cant help much here.


Cheers,
Michael

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