Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors,
I am looking for a sponsor for my package "fvwm". Per Bug #684395 and http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2012/10/msg00068.html, I've decided to adopt this package, with permission from the maintainer Manoj Srivastava. Some notes: - The package was compilable using pbuilder on unstable. - No lint error as far as I can tell. - debian/copyright was converted to follow DEP-5. - Only (user-noticeable) change was example config files were changed from /usr/share/doc/fvwm to /usr/share/doc/fvwm/examples. /usr/share/xsessions/Fvwm.desktop is now named fvwm.desktop (everything else under /usr/share/xsessions/ seems to be lowercase) - The build system was changed from handcrafted makefiles to debhelper and quilt. Some questions: - According to Clause 5. (a) of http://release.debian.org/wheezy/rc_policy.txt, I might be able to request for an unblock from the release team. But since I'm relatively new to Debian packaging, should I file a request for unblock from release team first or should I find a sponsor first? I currently marked the package as experimental and non-RC. - From the discussion http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/10/msg00062.html, I was told to keep my changes small. I prepared the package before the discussion, though I'm willing to rip the above listed changes out (debhelper, quilt, etc.) if need be. I merely want to ask for some second opinions before I make the change. * Package name : fvwm Version : 1:2.6.5.ds-1 Upstream Author : FVWM Workers <fvwm-work...@fvwm.org> * URL : http://www.fvwm.org/ * License : GPL-2 Section : x11 It builds those binary packages: fvwm - F(?) Virtual Window Manager To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: http://mentors.debian.net/package/fvwm Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fvwm/fvwm_2.6.5.ds-1.dsc More information about fvwm can be obtained from http://www.fvwm.org/. Changes since the last upload: * New upstream release (Closes: #681255, #623194, #684395). * New features: - FvwmPager now wraps window names if SmallFont is set. * Bug fixes: - Made signals registered with FVWM unblocking. - The "UnderMouse" option to PositionPlacement now honors the EWMH working area by default, if it's in use. - FvwmButtons handles the deleted window correctly for sub-windows. * New features and bug fixes between 2.6.5 and 2.5.30 are listed in /usr/share/doc/fvwm/NEWS.gz. * Reformat the copyright to follow DEP-5. * Convert to quilt (3.0) format. * Convert to building using debhelper. * Example config files are now under /usr/share/doc/fvwm/examples/. * Fixed broken sound file symlinks (Closes: #555452). Regards, Vincent W. Chen -- 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/cafuqiebjqnkebmlqxaqugjtofaaq9gm31uyym7hptyxuyit...@mail.gmail.com
