> I could use the help of a DD to confirm that the packages I am building > are structurally fit for upload. I think I'm doing the right thing with > pbuilder, but I expect there are subtleties. > ... > axkit-1.6.2-4 > ... > The axkit packages are orphaned and I hope to adopt them; a couple of > volunteers have offered to test them, and more are welcome. Once I am > satisfied that I didn't break them, I'll request a sponsor for an upload.
I have had a look at the axkit package. On the whole it looks good, but I haven't had a chance to really put it through its paces yet. One comment though; when I run lintian over the changes it throws up a number of warnings: W: axkit source: newer-standards-version 3.6.0 N: N: The source package refers to a `Standards-Version' which is newer than N: the highest one lintian is programmed to check. If the source package N: is correct, then please upgrade lintian to the newest version. (If N: there is no newer lintian version, then please bug N: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to make one.) N: W: axkit-examples: extra-license-file usr/share/doc/axkit-examples/examples/axkit.org/license.xml N: N: All license information should be collected in the debian/copyright N: file. This usually makes it unnecessary for the package to install N: this information in other places as well. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 13.5 for details. N: W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/AxKit.pm N: N: Architecture-independent Perl code should be placed in N: /usr/share/perl5, not /usr/lib/perl5. N: W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Language.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/LibXMLSupport.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Exception.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/CharsetConv.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Cache.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/ConfigReader.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Provider.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/StyleChooser/FileSuffix.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/StyleChooser/Cookie.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/StyleChooser/QueryString.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/StyleChooser/UserAgent.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/StyleChooser/PathInfo.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Language/LibXSLT.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Language/XPathScript.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Language/SAXMachines.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Language/XSP.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Language/Sablot.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Language/XSP/SimpleTaglib.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Language/XSP/TaglibHelper.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Plugin/QueryStringCache.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Plugin/Fragment.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Plugin/Passthru.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/MediaChooser/WAPCheck.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Provider/FileWrite.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Provider/File.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Provider/Scalar.pm W: axkit: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 usr/lib/perl5/Apache/AxKit/Provider/Filter.pm The extra-license-file can be overridden; lintian doesn't really understand what is happening here. The other warnings should be easy to fix. On a related note, I have never really understood why dh_compress feels the need to compress files >4kb under /usr/share/doc. This is probably a policy matter, but I find it *really* annoying when half the examples get gzip'ed and the rest don't. In the case of examples, I have always felt that they should either be tar.gz'ed or left alone. Feel free to ignore this comment; it is entirely my personal opinion. Cheers, Matt -- Matt Kern http://www.undue.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
