On Sun, Jul 06 2008, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: >> Also, remind has never been uploaded with the DM-Upload-Allowed field >> set, > > Actually, this is what confused me a bit. If you run > apt-get source remind > zgrep DM-Upload-Allowed remind_03.01.04-1.diff.gz > then you'll see that this field *is* set in the Debian package.
In the package, yes, but not in ftp-master. It must be in the .dsc to do that, and it wasn't. [...] >> David F. Skoll is the owner of Roaring Penguin, which holds the remind >> copyright. The exceptions are for code which is not (entirely) his own. > > In that case, it would best if a change is made to the files > upstream. Alternatively, you could just add the copyright assertion > for David F. Skoll to debian/copyright where it used to be next to the > copyright assertion for Roaring Penguin in the earlier version. > > The point is that someone looking at the source files and comparing > them with debian/copyright might not be aware of the fact you have > given above and would need further clarification. The point of > debian/copyright is to avoid such needs! After thinking about it for a bit, I've updated debian/copyright to something that should satisfy you. I will ask upstream to expand the copyright to include the dates preceeding the incorporation of Roaring Penguin Inc. >> The package has been on mentors for two months; my sponsor hasn't been >> able to find the time to upload it, so I'm now asking here. > > Since I use remind regularly, I am keen to see an updated version and > will upload it. Please fix the debian/control and debian/copyright > files as indicated. I've uploaded -2, thanks! (Will need tarball upload) http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/r/remind/remind_03.01.05-2.dsc -- KBK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
