On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 03:51:56PM -0500, Damien Calloway wrote: > Hello! > > I am an avid Pythonista and I was disappointed to learn that > > sudo apt install qtile > > No longer works. In my research, it appears that the qtile project relies > on packagers for each distribution - they do not do the packaging themselves. > > I see that the Debian package is abandoned for some time now, and I wanted > to know if: >
Not just abandoned - actively removed: it was never part of a stable release and it looks as if it never made it from unstable to testing. The previous maintainer now appears to be concentrating on BSD. > 1) Would I need to use the procedure for submitting a new package, since > this one has been stale for so long? > Probably best: ask on this mailing list for help, maybe. > > 2) Would I need to build for all the architectures that Debian supports? > Yes: at least for those in stable and testing. For ports to specific architectures that are unofficial ports/builds - ask the maintainers of those architectures for help to get the package working. > 3) Also, wanted to confirm that I would just need to ensure a reproducible > build with valid metadata for aptitude, then package and submit the > results? Packages are submitted as source code: so built from source - binary uploads aren't acceptable. Again, here might be a good place to start / to ask for help. > > Hope this helps, With every good wish, as ever, Andrew Cater > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2021, at 15:40, Marc Haber wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How would I quote backslashes in a manual page correctly? > > > > Currently I have the source: > > > > with '"' around each argument, each '"' > > in the string converted to '\\"' and each '\\' in the string > > converted to '\\\\'. > > > > This renders to: > > > > with '"' around each argument, each '"' > > in the string converted to '\"' and each '\' in the string > > converted to '\\'. > > > > which looks reasonable enough. > > > > However lintian doesn't like this and flags the construct with > > "acute-accent-in-manual-page". Is this a bug in Lintian? > > > > Greetings > > Marc > > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header > > Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 > > Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421 > > > >
