Le Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 04:42:39AM +0100, David Bremner a écrit : > > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "bibutils". > > * Package name : bibutils > Version : 3.39-1 > Upstream Author : Chris Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > URL : > http://www.scripps.edu/~cdputnam/software/bibutils/bibutils.html > Programming Lang: C > License : GPL2 > Description : interconvert various bibliographic data formats > Section : text > > Bibutils is a set of command-line filters that convert between the following > bibliographic data formats: BibTeX, COPAC, EndNote refer, EndNote XML, > Pubmed XML, ISI web of science, US Library of Congress MODS, RIS, and > Word 2007 bibliography.
Dear David, this package would be very useful to scientists, so I am sure that you can find long-term support on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. I have added your package on the following wiki page: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScienceBibliography If you want, can you update it when bibutils gets accepted in Debian? Although I am not a DD, I have a few comments on your package: * debian/copyright: bibutils is released under the GPLv2 or any later version. Also, you have to include the thee paragraphs from the "How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs" section of the GPL to the copyright file. Lastly, the copyright of C. Putnam starts from 1995. * debian/docs: has a duplicated line. * debian/bibutils.dbk: you used a template that is not the latest (see /usr/share/doc/docbook-xsl/examples/foo.1.example_manpage.xml.gz ) You do not need to update it, but for instance, the latest has a link to its stylesheed in the header, so that `xsltproc debian/bibutils.dbk' would be enough to make the manpate. Personnaly, I do not build the manpages at buildd time anymore, I just regenerate them only if they really changed, and include the .1 files in the source package. Lastly, Policy 12.1 recommends to use symlinks instead of the .so system. * debian/control: are you sure you need the autotools.dev package? Will the config.(sub|guess) files be used by the configure script? * debian/rules: are you sure that you need to run the configure script? If not, you can drop the build-dependancy on csh. * xml2word has the potential to generate namespace clashes in the future. Maybe you can ask upstream if he would like to consider renaming it. * Bibutils provide a small test suite. Maybe you can build it and run it in during the package building. PS: actually, debhelper is very smart and replaces the .so manpages by symlinks ! Have a nice day, and many thanks for packaging bibutils! -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wakō, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
