Re: debhelper 7, installchangelogs, renames (was: [RFS] python-lockfile 0.7-2)

2009-03-06 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:29:47AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > But how can I tell ‘dh_installchangelogs’ the name of this file, with > an elegant mechanism like the ‘debian/docs’ configuration file for > ‘dh_installdocs’? It would be a shame if I have to actually invoke > ‘dh_installchangelogs’ expl

Re: [RFS] python-lockfile 0.7-2

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Finney
Julian Andres Klode writes: > On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 11:49:36PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > Okay. Perhaps, then, I should remove that dependency altogether, > > since ‘python’ will be satisfied by a dependency on either of > > ‘python-central’ or ‘python-support’? > You have to build-depend on

debhelper 7, installchangelogs, renames (was: [RFS] python-lockfile 0.7-2)

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Finney
Julian Andres Klode writes: > And you should also install RELEASE-NOTES as changelog.gz, as specified > in Policy 12.7: > "If an upstream changelog is available, it should be accessible as > /usr/share/doc/package/changelog.gz in plain text. [...] > If the upstream changelog files do not already

Re: [RFS] python-lockfile 0.7-2

2009-03-06 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 11:49:36PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Okay. Perhaps, then, I should remove that dependency altogether, since > ‘python’ will be satisfied by a dependency on either of > ‘python-central’ or ‘python-support’? You have to build-depend on python, because it's required by the Pyt

Re: [RFS] python-lockfile 0.7-2

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Finney
Julian Andres Klode writes: > On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 08:59:17AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > Don't I need to depend on ‘python-all’? > Because you are only copying, it should make no difference. You only > need python-all if you have to call setup.py with different python > versions. Okay. Per

Re: [RFS] python-lockfile 0.7-2

2009-03-06 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 08:59:17AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Don't I need to depend on ‘python-all’? Since the package is to be > installed to *all* Python versions in Debian, not just the latest one. Because you are only copying, it should make no difference. You only need python-all if you have

Re: [RFS] python-lockfile 0.7-2

2009-03-05 Thread Ben Finney
The package has now been uploaded, but Julian gives useful feedback which I'll respond to here. Julian Andres Klode writes: > First of all, because you are not compiling anything, you don't have > to build-depend on python-all-dev. In fact, you can simply > build-depend on python [it's just copy

Re: [RFS] python-lockfile 0.7-2

2009-03-05 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Ben Finney wrote: > Howdy mentors, > > I am seeking a sponsor for my new package, ‘python-lockfile’ version > 0.7-2. First of all, because you are not compiling anything, you don't have to build-depend on python-all-dev. In fact, you can simply build-depend on python [it's just copying the file t

[RFS] python-lockfile 0.7-2

2009-03-04 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney writes: Howdy mentors, I am seeking a sponsor for my new package, ‘python-lockfile’ version 0.7-2. Package name: python-lockfile Version : 0.7-2 Upstream Author : Skip Montanaro URL : http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lockfile License :