Hi Nicholas, On 21/11/2021 22:12, Nicholas D Steeves wrote > I've fixed all of these issues on my local branch, so if you find > this stuff boring I can take care of it. If you're considering > pursuing Debian Maintainer (uploading) status it's important to learn > why these are significant.
I do not mind doing these changes. If you, however, have already made them, it is rather pointless for me to do them again. But thanks for the heads-up. > Is there any reason you've chosen debhelper-compat 12 rather than > 13? If not, please use 13. No. I just copied that from some tutorial. ;) > Other than that, so far it looks good. I'll wait for your reply > before creating the repo. Also, that repo will be created with the > name "martchus-cpp-utilities". Sounds good. On 22/11/2021 00:57, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >> * source:Description does not yet appear to be supported by Policy >> (see bug #998165). I think you're prioritising uploading this >> package rather than evolving Debian Policy, so I'd recommend > > ... using the old copy & paste method for now, and reintroducing > substvars once that Policy bug is resolved. You could just revert my last commit. Using the X-Description variable is accepted by lintian. Regards, Hannah