Dear Stuart, On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Stuart Prescott <[email protected]> wrote: > /usr/bin/youtube-dl is currently a zip file with "#!/usr/bin/env python" > prepended to it.
Yes, that's precisely the case. > While this is executable by python, it does not follow the > Python Packaging Policy (specifically §3.1.1): > > http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-programs.html > > It also has the side-effect of confusing file-type guessers like file(1): > > $ file /usr/bin/youtube-dl > /usr/bin/youtube-dl: data OK, I have no problems uploading a new version of the package with a modified structure, but there's a catch: I can't upload to the archive anymore, since the FTP masters changed the way that permissions are given to Debian Maintainers: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/09/msg00008.html Can I kindly ask you to upload a file containing permissions for me to upload to the archive? If so, then I will be able to upload a new version of youtube-dl to the archive (including the change in the packaging). Thanks, -- Rogério Brito : rbrito@{ime.usp.br,gmail.com} : GPG key 4096R/BCFCAAAA http://rb.doesntexist.org/blog : Projects : https://github.com/rbrito/ DebianQA: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=rbrito%40ime.usp.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
