Sending the message to the right ml.... In addiction, you have modified upstream code (Makefile) without using a patch-system. That's bad :)
As James point out, you should use wnpp before start creating a package. Check if someone is requested that software, filling a RFP (Request For Package): you can check from this page http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/rfp . If it is so, then rename that bug in an ITP (Intent To Package); give a look here on how to do it: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control Before packaging a tool, check that it's not already in the archive, or that someone is already working on, checking http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/itp . When you're working on a new package, close the ITP bug in the changelog, so that when the package will be uploaded in the archive, the bug will be automatically closed. Regards, Sandro On 9/20/06, Sandro Tosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "spcaview". Hi Luca, some simple notes: * debian/changelog - maybe you can delete the line "* This is my first Debian package" it is nothing related tho this package.. :) * debian/control - in the long description, you should separate paragraph with a dot ".": spcaview is a webcam viewer written in C. It's easy to use and have many features, such record video, audio, capture images, stream and many more. . With this package you also have spcaserv, that's a multithread streaming server over TCP. . And, finally, you have spcacat, a simple picture grabber. (with a little reformat) but you can merge the last to parag into: With this package you also have spcaserv, that's a multithread streaming server over TCP and spcacat, a simple picture grabber. - add Homepage meta-tag as stated in developers reference 6.2.4 * debian/copyright - I'd like to see a more complete file; take a look at these message: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/12/msg00007.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/12/msg00194.html - Please check _every_ file in the package: for example ./SDL_audioin_internal.h has * Copyright (C) 2004 by Tyler Montbriand * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * Released under the GNU LGPL * you have to mention all this file, with their relative license, in debian/copyright. Other files with different copyright are: ./shc.{c,h}, ./avilib.c, ./readme.avilib, ./dpsh.{c,h}, ./http-java-applet/JWebcamPlayer.java, ./SDL_audioin.h, ./audioin_devdsp.c, ./shclib.{c,h}, ./audio_detect.h . To find them use find . -exec less {} \; tedious but complete... * debian/watch - remove all commented out lines, leave only version and url; the url should be corrected (somehow): $ uscan --report --verbose -- Scanning for watchfiles in . -- Found watchfile in ./debian -- In debian/watch, processing watchfile line: http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/spcaview-(.*)\.tar\.gz -- Found the following matching hrefs: spcaview-20051212.tar.gz Newest version on remote site is 20051212, local version is 1.1.5 => Newer version available from http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/spcaview-20051212.tar.gz -- Scan finished * debian/rules - remove template header - remove commented dh_ tools call in binary-common target * misc stuff - lintian warning: you have to provide a (minimal) manpage for every program in the package: W: spcaview: binary-without-manpage spcacat W: spcaview: binary-without-manpage spcaserv - what are these files: spcaview-doc.{docs,install} ? would you like to create a separate doc package ? - why did you leave files {pre,post}{inst,rm} ? they are empy, so you can remove them I think for the first review this is enought... :) Good luck in finding a sponsor (I'm not a DD, so cant upload) Kind Regards, Sandro -- Sandro Tosi (aka Morpheus, matrixhasu) My (little) site: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/
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