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and subject line Re: Bug#1062001: RFS: trader/7.21-1 [RC] -- simple game of
interstellar trading
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Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal
Dear mentors,
I am looking for a sponsor for my updated package "trader", a simple
game of interstellar trading:
Package name: trader
Version: 7.20-1
Upstream author: John Zaitseff <[email protected]> -- that's me!
URL: https://www.zap.org.au/projects/trader/
License: GPL3+
Vcs: git://git.zap.org.au/data/git/trader.git -b with-debian
Section: games
It builds one binary package:
trader - simple game of interstellar trading
I have successfully built appropriate binaries using Debian chroots
on my own server at https://ftp.zap.org.au/pub/debian/. You can
download using dget with:
dget -x
https://ftp.zap.org.au/pub/debian/dists/zapgroup-sid/main/source/trader_7.20-1.dsc
Changes since the last upload:
trader (7.20-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release: changed documentation (history of the game),
updated Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål, French, German, Serbian, Esperanto,
Romanian, Polish and Ukrainian translations.
-- John Zaitseff <[email protected]> Wed, 31 Jan 2024 06:52:27 +1100
trader (7.19-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release: new Polish, Romanian and Ukrainian translations,
renamed AppStream metainfo and desktop files.
* Require at least Gettext 0.21 and Automake 1.16 for building.
* Updated to Debian Policy 4.6.2 (no changes).
-- John Zaitseff <[email protected]> Sun, 07 Jan 2024 11:30:24 +1100
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. I'm
more than willing to work through any issues that you might
identify. Thanks!
Yours truly,
John Zaitseff
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The ZAP Group │ Z │ GnuPG: 0x0D254111C4EE569B
Australia Inc. ╰───╯ https://www.zap.org.au/~john/
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On 9/06/2026 6:11 am, John Zaitseff wrote:
Looking at your changelog, I wondered about: "Adjusted build
dependencies as required for Debian old-stable." We are uploading
to unstable/Sid, so your version constraints aren't necessary.
I think I was basing this on Tobias Frost's comment at [1] where he
stated "Please remove all versions from the versioned build depends
that are fulfiled already since oldstable, e.g gettext and
automake."
[1]
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbugs.debian.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fbugreport.cgi%3Fbug%3D1062001%2328&data=05%7C02%7C%7C7c78445657cf4ea3eab208dec59a7374%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639165464329107772%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Wof72SU0fX17FbYR%2FgY0LUK3vwjczlbcc3LrjDlh48M%3D&reserved=0
I guess I interpreted that to mean all dependencies had to be valid
for Debian old-stable.
Tobias wanted you to remove the verion restrictions from your
Build-Depends list, which you've done now.
I've adjusted the build dependencies to be valid for Debian Sid
(coincidentally also Trixie). This also includes removing "(>=
2.71)" from autoconf.
[...]
A copyright check identified some minor discrepancies with the
copyright years for the following files, compared to what you have
listed in d/copyright.
lib/crc-generate-table.c
lib/crc-sliceby8.h
lib/crc.c
lib/crc.h
lib/wcsdup-impl.h
lib/wcsdup.c
lib/wctob.c
Good catch! I accidentally overlooked the changed end date (2026)
when I updated d/copyright. Fixed.
po/eo.*
po/fi.*
po/fr.*
po/sr.*
I consolidated the range of years per suggestions from the Copyright
field in [2], but made a typo: 2013 should have been 2012. Fixed --
thanks!
Looks good. Uploaded.
Moving forward, I'd suggest unifying the copyright lines in po/*.po to
YYYY-YYYY format, so automated tools like licensecheck have an easier
time detecting the dates.
In debian/changelog, many people -- myself included -- prefer a more
structured format. For example:
* New upstream version:
- Important change 1 (Closes: #xxxxxx).
- Important change 2.
* debian/control:
- Raise Standards-Version to 4.7.4.
- Remove Priority field.
- Drop version constraints from Build-Depends (Closes: #xxxxxxx).
- Drop Vcs-Browse due to sustained DDOS.
* debian/copyright: Add all relevant files.
* debian/rules: Enable build-hardening.
* debian/watch: Covert to v5 format.
This format makes it quick and easy to see at a glance what changes have
been made. It also highlights any important upstream changes that
maintainers or NMUers might need to know about.
Hugh
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