Hi,
I am the author of the GNU HaliFAX viewer and I have pre-packaged it for Debian GNU/Linux. I have been a maintainer since Saturday and although my packaging seemed correct to my applicant manager I still have a few questions for which I have no answer. In http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-upload.en.html, paragraph 6.4.1 it is mentionned that the archive maintainer will chose the appropriate category for a package. Does this mean that one should take arrangement with him before uploading the package (so as to have a consistent control file between the local and remote archives) ? The dh_installchangelogs doesn't accept a ChangeLog parameter when the package is a native debian package. However, the GNU HaliFAX project is (as its name implies) an official GNU project, which besides other things, mean that we have to comply with the GNU standards. Those standards specify a certain format for ChangeLog which differs from the one of the Debian changelog format. Also, as a programmer I don't want Debian-specific informations to go in my main changelog. I would like to know if this is a bug in dh_installchangelogs or if I have missed something? If the latter is true, what exactly is the problem and what can be done about it. For the moment, I am "fooling" this utility by adding a Debian release number ("0.21.0-1") instead of having it be the same as the native release number ("0.21.0"). I think this is it for the moment. Wolfgang ps: sorry if you received this mail many times, I have experienced problems sending it and tried a couple of times.
