Hi. Did you get this email? I never saw a reply. [Petter Reinholdtsen 2008-02-20] > Hi. I was tipped about your xterminator package in Ubuntu, available > from > http://ppa.launchpad.net/moquist/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xterminator/xterminator_0.1-4.dsc. > I maintain the killer package in Debian, with a similar but not > identical scope as your package. > > I had a look at the packaging of xterminator, and found some issues > you might want to fix. > > - The control file say 'architecture: any' while the package is > platform independent and thus should be 'architecture: all'. > > - The debian/ directory is full of example files. All of them should > be removed. (rm debian/*.ex debian/*.EX). > > - The copyright file is not complete and need an update. Upstream > download site, author, copyright and license is missing. > > - The debian/README.Debian file do not contain any info and can be > removed. > > - The version number 0.1-4 indicate a non-native package, but no > xterminator_0.1.orig.tar.gz file is present in the archive. If the > package is supposed to be a native package, the version number > should be changed to 0.1 (or perhaps 0.4 in this case). > > - All the dh_* example lines in debian/rules that are currently > commented out should be removed to make the file easier to read and > understand. > > - Is the script still killing processes on logout? The control file > indicated it, but the changelog mentioned a bug causing this > feature to be removed. Which is correct?
I am interested in the xterminator package, and hope it can be cleaned up a bit in case I want to upload it into Debian. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
