Hi, David Parsons <david.pars...@inria.fr> writes: > My first question is: Is it mandatory to provide a source package to > distribute a binary one or is a tar.gz archive of the sources enough ?
A source package is required so that the binary packages can be automatically generated for different architectures. The source package usually means *.dsc + *.orig.tar.gz + *.debian.tar.gz but you should check the policy for all the possible variations. > As for now, the package I have built seems to do the job (I installed > it and used the soft succesfully on a Virtual Machine), but I'm not > sure I haven't missed something. Is there a tool to check a package > for standard compliance ? lintian -EvIL +pedantic *.dsc is a good command to get started. > Ultimately, when I manage to have a clean package, I will be looking > for a sponsor. Would anyone here be interested in RNA-seq analysis and > willing to help me ? That might be a challenge since it's just a specialized field. I personally try to only package software that I use to ensure that it gets tested. -- 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/84a9n4or2n....@sauna.l.org
