Stefano Canepa ha scritto: > Il giorno lun, 22/02/2010 alle 17.52 +0100, Steffen Moeller ha scritto: >> Hi Stefano, >> >> Stefano Canepa wrote: >> >>> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 2.7.15-1 >>> of my package "gsoap". >>> >>> It builds these binary packages: >>> gsoap - SOAP stub and skeleton compiler for C and C++ >>> >>> The package appears to be lintian clean. >>> >>> The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: >>> - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gsoap >>> - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main >>> contrib non-free >>> - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gsoap/gsoap_2.7.15-1.dsc >>> >>> I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. >> the diff.gz has many *.cpp files in, and there are both Makefile.in and >> Makefile, configure and configure.in. I have not looked at it in more >> detail, but could there be a way that you reduce the length of the diff.gz >> to something one can oversee with the eye? The current version has 37522 >> lines, which given all the *.cpp files in are just too tough for a sponsor >> to check through. > > I checked the diff.gz, this is the result of the need to cut out all > apache_13 module code. I tried to convince upstream author to drop this > code in next release but I did not succeded. We agree to delete all > files lintian complains about. > If you would like to write to upstream author to convice him to delete > useless code in future release please do and I'll be gratefull to you > for your favour. Tomorrow I'll ask again Mandriva gsoap maintainer (a > collegue of mine) to ask for the same thing even if he told me that > inclusion of old apache code is not a problem in his package. >
I've just looked at gsoap source package. I think it is worth to repackage it as more than half of its size is composed of binary executables, repeated code, windows/macosx/symbian/* stuff, logs and other kinds of useless (and sometime non DFSG compliant) files. Kind regards, Marco -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Marco Nenciarini | Debian/GNU Linux Developer - Plug Member | | mnen...@prato.linux.it | http://www.prato.linux.it/~mnencia | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Key fingerprint = FED9 69C7 9E67 21F5 7D95 5270 6864 730D F095 E5E4
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