The text for the man pages can be taken from the --help output of both simplescreenrecorder and ssr-glinject. There is a tool that can do this automatically IIRC, but some reformatting may be needed. I can maintain manpages upstream (which is probably desirable), but I have no experience with creating them. I'll do some searching and try to come up with something.
If there's anything else that I can do upstream to make packaging easier, don't hesitate to let me know :). Maarten Baert On 10/03/15 19:26, Paul Elliott wrote: > I have seen the ITP on simplescreenrecorder. > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=722249 > > I have decided to help out packaging this package. > > Whoever owns this bug and is working on this please clone: > g...@github.com:pelliott80/simplescreenrecorder-dpm.git > or > https://github.com/pelliott80/simplescreenrecorder-dpm.git > > This is a packaging repository used for packaging. It > is in dpm format. > http://git-dpm.alioth.debian.org/ > > This is the most common format for packaging work on alioth. > > packages in this format usually have at least 3 branches, > upstream, pristine-tar, and master. > > upstream contains the upstream's source unmodified. > pristine-tar is used to reconstruct a tarball. > master is the files as modified for packaging > there will be a debian directory and the source may > be modified by any patches. > > here is the changelog entry I used to help get this package > into Debian: > > simplescreenrecorder (0.3.3-2) unstable; urgency=medium > > * volunteer to help get it into Debian. > * change to non-native package; native packages do not make it into Debian. > * update standards version to 3.9.6 > * remove unneeded build dependency on build-essential > * remove duplicate dependency in build depends, libxext-dev, libx11-dev, > - libxfixes-dev > * use correct format specification URI > - https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ > * remove indefinite article from Description field > * wrap too long line in Description field > * remove empty debian/postinst > * update copyright file > * fix VCS fields > - VCS fields should point to the source control for the packaging; > - not the source control for the program. > * create debian/watch file. > > -- Paul Elliott <pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com> Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:59:23 > -0600 > > here are the current results of lintian: > P: simplescreenrecorder source: debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature > N: > N: This watch file does not include a means to verify the upstream tarball > N: using cryptographic signature. > N: > N: If upstream distributions provide such signatures, please use the > N: pgpsigurlmangle options in this watch file's opts= to generate the URL > N: of an upstream GPG signature. This signature is automatically downloaded > N: and verified against a keyring stored in > N: debian/upstream-signing-key.asc. > N: > N: Of course, not all upstreams provide such signatures, but you could > N: request them as a way of verifying that no third party has modified the > N: code against their wishes after the release. Projects such as > N: phpmyadmin, unrealircd, and proftpd have suffered from this kind of > N: attack. > N: > N: Refer to the uscan(1) manual page for details. > N: > N: Severity: pedantic, Certainty: certain > N: > N: Check: watch-file, Type: source > N: > W: simplescreenrecorder: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/simplescreenrecorder > N: > N: Each binary in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /bin, /sbin or /usr/games should > N: have a manual page > N: > N: Note that though the man program has the capability to check for several > N: program names in the NAMES section, each of these programs should have > N: its own manual page (a symbolic link to the appropriate manual page is > N: sufficient) because other manual page viewers such as xman or tkman > N: don't support this. > N: > N: If the name of the man page differs from the binary by case, man may be > N: able to find it anyway; however, it is still best practice to make the > N: case of the man page match the case of the binary. > N: > N: If the man pages are provided by another package on which this package > N: depends, lintian may not be able to determine that man pages are > N: available. In this case, after confirming that all binaries do have man > N: pages after this package and its dependencies are installed, please add > N: a lintian override. > N: > N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 12.1 (Manual pages) for details. > N: > N: Severity: normal, Certainty: possible > N: > N: Check: manpages, Type: binary > N: > W: simplescreenrecorder: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/ssr-glinject > > I: Lintian run was successful. > > As I see it the outstanding issues on getting this package into > Debian is the lack of manpages for ssr-glinject and simplescreenrecorder. > > Perhaps the upstream, Maarten Baert, could be persuaded to write those > manpages. He knows those programs best. > > By the way, who owns this bug? perhaps we could collaborate in getting > this program into Debian? > > Best Wishes to all. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/blu436-smtp93417457922de93b4ca89ee2...@phx.gbl
