On 13/12/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Upstream Author : Carl Chenet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
According to the files under src/ you aren't upstream :) > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/y/yougrabber/yougrabber_0.29.2-1.dsc debian/changelog: fill an ITP and make the package upload close it. debian/control: * "Standards-Version: 3.7.2" , latest is 3.7.3, please check what changes you need to make so you update it to latest. * "Architecture: i386", why? does it really only build under i386? * "Depends: libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14)" don't use versioned dependencies if not required, let dh_shlibdeps do its job. * "Build-Depends:" again, are versioned build dependencies really required? * "Description:", please improve it, read [1][2] * "Section: web"? it should be net, it is not a web application * Please add a Homepage entry debian/rules: please remove commented/unused stuff debian/dirs: is there anything installed under sbin? debian/docs: you should probably list CONTRIBUTORS too Please also provide a debian/watch file, see uscan(1) from devscripts .diff.gz: --- yougrabber-0.29.2.orig/Makefile +++ yougrabber-0.29.2/Makefile Why are you providing a Makefile? debian-packaging stuff should be under debian/ --- yougrabber-0.29.2.orig/changelog +++ yougrabber-0.29.2/changelog why are you duplicating CHANGELOG? --- yougrabber-0.29.2.orig/src/Makefile +++ yougrabber-0.29.2/src/Makefile Have you submitted those changes to upstream? $ debc yougrabber_0.29.2-1_i386.changes ... -rwxr-xr-x root/root 18400 2007-12-13 19:12 ./bin/yg This is a violation of section 9.1.1[3] of the Debian Policy > > I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. > I strongly recommend you to read and understand the whole Debian Policy[4] and the Developers Reference[5], if you have any question feel free to reply to the list (and don't CC me) or even join #debian-mentors on irc.debian.org [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s-descriptions [2] http://people.debian.org/~walters/descriptions.html [3] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s-fhs [4] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ [5] http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ Sincerely, -- Atomo64 - Raphael Please avoid sending me Word, PowerPoint or Excel attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Say NO to Microsoft Office broken standard. See http://www.noooxml.org/petition -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
