On Sat, 2014-09-20 at 00:25 +0200, Markus Koschany wrote: > On 19.09.2014 21:44, Tobias Frost wrote: > [...] > >> The three data packages are all part of the same game and they had to be > >> split because of size and functional reasons but they wouldn't make > >> sense without the ufoai source package. > > > > Well the lintian message says "split of an *existing* Debian package", > > which is not the case here. On the other side, they are different source > > packages, so there would be a point for an ITP. > > As I already stated above the game data had to be split in different > source packages but those source packages belong all to the same game > hence they are all covered by ITP bug #244582. The existing package is > clearly the ufoai source package. > > In my opinion ITPs are useful to indicate that people work on packaging > certain software for Debian, so that double-work can be avoided but they > are not meant to become some sort of bureaucratic exercise. They should > always be filed before someone works on new software. Since the game has > already been packaged, now filing new ITPs would simply be busywork. > > If you read through #244582 you will also notice that I mentioned the > reasons for the package split in this bug report. Thus it became clear > for everyone that #244582 is about all four source packages.
Proposoal. Lets do it this way: -> In ufoai. close the ITP as ususal changelog. -> In the other packages *refer* to the ITP without closing it. -> Override all lintian warnings connected to this. > Regards, > > Markus > >
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