Hello, Quoting p12 (2012-06-22 10:31:08) > Package: sponsorship-requests > Severity: wishlist > > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "cppreference-doc". It > contains a downloaded copy of a free online wiki [1] that specializes in > C and C++ reference and scripts for converting it to formats suitable > for offline viewing (these are executed at build time). Almost identical > package has been maintained in my Ubuntu personal package archive [2] > for over half year. > > The scripts are maintained here [3]. The debian packaging is maintained > here [4]. The upstream tarball is released once in several months and > can be obtained here [5]. > > [1] - http://en.cppreference.com/w/ > [2] - https://launchpad.net/~p12/+archive/ppa > [3] - https://github.com/p12tic/cppreference-doc > [4] - https://github.com/p12tic/cppreference-doc-debian > [5] - http://en.cppreference.com/w/Cppreference:Archives
I can't download the most recent tarball from [5], the server gives me back a 404 error. I haven't tried the other tarballs though. > --- General information --- > > * Package name : cppreference-doc > * Version : 20120620-1 > * Upstream Author : Cppreference contributors (content), > p12 <tir...@yahoo.co.uk> (packaging) > * URL : http://en.cppreference.com/w/Cppreference:Archives > * License : various: CC-BY-SA / GDFL, CC-BY-SA, GPL-3+ > (see debian/copyright for more details) > * Section : doc > > It builds those binary packages: > > * cppreference-doc-en - C++ standard library reference manual for > English language > * cppreference-doc-en-html - C and C++ standard library reference > manual for English language > * cppreference-doc-en-qch - C++ standard library reference manual for > English language > > To access further information about this package, please visit the > following URL: > > http://mentors.debian.net/package/cppreference-doc > > Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: > > dget -x > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cppreference-doc/cppreference-doc_20120620-1.dsc First, let me say that I am not a DD nor DM, and thus cannot sponsor your package. Nonetheless, a few remarks: In debian/control, wget and httracks are in Build-Depends. It seems to be a mistake since the build process doesn't download anything. In any case, the build process should be self-contained and not require network access. Why do you need the Replaces/Breaks fields for ? Those packages have never been in Debian AFAICT. debian/cppreference-doc-en.install and debian/docs are empty, you can just delete them. I don't know about the Devref stuff, but you might want to install the stuff in /usr/share/doc/* using dh_installdocs. I might very well be wrong though. Since the purpose of the package is to provide documentation, it would be really nice to provide some doc-base informations. Lintian has some minor nitpicks, some easy to fix. Run lintian -EvIiL +pedantic on your .changes file to see what those are as well as their explanations. I am not sure in what extent this is mandatory for non-D[MD]s, but people in Debian usually disclose their civilian name. If you intend to apply for DM or DD status, you would have to disclose it eventually for the keysigning process. About the README.source, I am not exactly sure of how this all works on the upstream side, but it would be nice to provide a get-orig-source target to easily build the complete tarball. Cheers, Simon
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