Hi! A few comments and questions, if I may:
* Why is the package packaged as Debian native, when it is definitely not Debian specific? * Why does it have an ubuntu distribution in debian/changelog, and an Ubuntu Section in debian/control, if it is meant to be uploaded to Debian? * Where is the debian/copyright file? * Why is there a debian/postinst which just exists with 0? * debian/rules looks like a horrible mess to me, but that might just be me. I prefer to remove useless things that the package building does not need (like a configure-stamp target when there is nothing done in it, and is not a required target) * lintian displays numerous errors, including, but not limited to: - The debian diff containing .bzr - no debian/compat (thus forcing debhelper to use the long obsolete compat level 1) - no debian/source/format - ancient standards version - changelog file still not compressed And so on, and so forth. There's a lot to be done still before the package is in a good enough shape. Running lintian and rigourously fixing everything it reports is a good first step. Then looking at the result and making it pretty (by removing junk that were left over from whatever source you used to base your packaging on) would be a very useful second step, in my opinion. Most - if not all - of the problems I outlined above are caught by lintian aswell, even older versions (tested with Ubuntu Lucid, as that's the newest thing I have at work at the moment). Lintian also provides very good hints how to go about fixing the issues it found. Take those to heart, they'll make the package a lot better, and they'll help you understand Debian packaging better too! -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87sjotjxil....@balabit.hu
