[2018-10-29 09:39] Manticore Search Maintainers <bu...@manticoresearch.com> > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "manticore" > dget -x > https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/manticore/manticore_2.7.3.dsc
As time of writing (Mon Oct 29 20:44:20 UTC 2018), I see following issues with package on mentors: * Since this package is not debian-specific, and have its own release process, package must be foreign (with -1 revision), not native. * I have no idea what -DDISTR_BUILD=jessie means, but it looks suspicious. New packages are built in sid environment, which in future will become stretch release. * compat=11 implies --parallel. No need to mention it in `debian/rules' * Policy version is old. Current is 4.2.1 * You claim compat=11, but build-depends on debhelper >= 10. You'd better use new style: build-depends on `debhelper-compat (=11)' and remove `debian/compat'. See debhelper(7) * Maintainer could be a mailing list, but upload is always done by human, who is mentioned in `debian/changelog'. * Your build system tries to download dependencies. It is wrong. You have to declare dependencies in `debian/control' and make sure that build success without network access. `unshare -rn' could be of use, as more complex sbuild/pbuild solutions. I will stop here for now. -- Best regards, Dmitry Bogatov, a Debian Developer. Note, that I fetch/send email at most once every 24 hours. In case of emergency, use Signal (+7 985 316 75 70) to message/call.
