> > I'm looking for a sponsor for the package translate-docformat which is > > orphaned. > > > > Description: any-to-any document translation system > > > > This is a command-line front end to many document format translation > > programs to facilitate the translation of documents from > > one format to another. > > > > Currently it supports major formats like the docbook, linuxdoc, debiandoc, > > and TeX, translating to HTML and ps and text. > > > > If you are interested you can take a look at: > > http://studwww.ugent.be/~lukclaes/debian/ > > > Hi, I've had a look at this. It's generally okay and I will be happy to > sponsor it for you. > > There are just two points I'd like to clear up first: > > 1: Why is it a Debian native package? I know that it already *was* a > Debian native package before it was orphaned, but should it still be? > I personally don't see any reason not to split it to diff.gz and > orig.tar.gz (except *possibly* that it's such a small package anyway, > but that's not a good enough reason to keep it Debian native IMO). If > you can come up with a decent rationale for this, then it really > doesn't matter, but I'd like to hear the rationale. I know it has > fairly debian specific uses (debiandoc-sgml) but should it really be > a Debian-only package?
Take a look at http://studwww.ugent.be/~lukclaes/debian. Any comments on the split are welcome because I do not know if it is all right. > 2: > N: Processing source package translate-docformat (version 0.5) ... > W: translate-docformat source: out-of-date-standards-version 3.5.6 > N: > N: The source package refers to a 'Standards-Version' that is starting to > N: get out of date, compared to current Policy. You can safely ignore > N: this warning, but please consider updating the package to current > N: Policy. > > We're up to version 3.5.10 of policy now as I recall. You should think > about going through and making sure the whole package adheres to latest > policy and bump the standards version. > This isn't a bar to me uploading it, but it's something you should be aware > of. I know. I will handle it soon. It is my first package and I like to have a sponsored upload first. Kind regards Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
