Hi, Am 03.10.19 um 16:12 schrieb Felix Natter: > hi debian-java, > > I am starting to package libiconloader-java but unfortunately, there > are no releases or tags in the respository: > https://github.com/bulenkov/iconloader > > I kindly asked for a release, but the author does not respond for weeks > now.
I don't want to stop you from packaging it but an inactive project is usually a strong indication to look in other directions as well. Last activity was two years ago. Maybe there is another package already in Debian or elsewhere which does the same and is actively maintained? > > How can I deal with this? Shall I write a debian/rules target > 'get-orig-source' that clones the repo and creates a .tar.gz > from that (duplicating the Files-Excluded: mechanism)? > > Is the upstream version 0.0+20191003 ok? In addition what Emmanuel has already written, you can also use uscan's git mode like it was done in performous https://sources.debian.org/src/performous/1.1+git20190701.9928c27-2/debian/watch/ Regards, Markus
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