On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Olе Streicher wrote: > I want to adopt the package "tktable2.9" but I found me confronted with > some problems: > > 1. The package name contains the version, and since the upstream version > is now 2.10, I would need to give a new name.
I'd suggest removing the version from the name. > 2. The package was orphaned since 2008 and is removed from unstable (and > testing) now, see but #465957. However, it is still available in stable. > > Is this then a new package (so that I need to write an ITP), or is it > still an adoption (and I need to write an ITA)? ITP, but I don't think that matters much. I see you went with that. When you re-introduce it, please audit the bugs that were closed with a +rm version to see if they still apply to the new package. > 3. The Debian Tcl/Tk policy states that the modules should be named > "tk-table". My package, however is called "tktable2.10" (src) and > "libtktable2.10" (binary). Is this a good moment for a name change, so > that both (src and binary) are called "tk-table" (without version > number)? If yes, how should I state the dependencies? In the moment, > they are: Definitely a good time to use the new name: http://wiki.debian.org/Renaming_a_Package > since some time ago (~7 years from now) the versioned package was > introduced. What is the best way to fix this? You can drop those old Conflicts/Replaces. > On the build side, I find the policy quite confusing: It says "Build > dependencies for Tcl/Tk dependent packages must be declared for every > Tcl/Tk version, that the package is built for. In order to build for a > specific version, add the versioned Tcl/Tk packages dependencies; it is > generally better and recommended depending on the appropriate default > packages with an eventual strict or relaxed versioning." > > Since the package can be build for 8.4 as well as for 8.5, what should I > put into the Build-Depends and Depends? The old package used 8.4 is in the process of being removed from Debian, please do not use it. > Is it OK to just replace that with the unversioned relationships? I don't know about Tcl/Tk, but I would say yes that is fine. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- 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/CAKTje6GvX=_6dw2rneymbus9yllnpxyo48xb096_spp8sag...@mail.gmail.com
