-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sandro Tosi a écrit : > Hello Laurent, > >> I would like to make work on battery-stats that is in the WNPP database. >> I think that i haven't enough time to become the maintainer of this >> package but i can correct some bugs in package. >> >> Have I to modify the debian/control in order to register myself as >> maintainer ? > > well, you should not; given that you don't have time to directly > maintain it, but you're willing to help on an orphaned package, then > you'll do what's called a "QA Upload": set the maintainer of the > package to QA Group (it's already set this way, it's a general rule) > and keep doing things as usual.
The maintainer field is always : "Maintainer: Karl E. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" And the package is in the WNPP database is it normal ??? > >> How to sign the package without the debian/control file update ? > > as usual, with debsign; package maintained by QA group are "special", > so what you'll do is share some of your time on a package no one has > > [...] > > * debian policy (of course) > * developers reference (of course) > * new maintainers guide (recommended) > * http://qa.debian.org/ and linked web pages. > > Feel free to post any question you have on the list. > > Kindly, In the package that I have generate (on my laptop), there is only three warning of lintian and I sent an email to Karl E. Jørgensen (seems to be the creator of this software) to find the upstream source download site and after answer close the bug #409825 of the BTS. I am waiting for an answer... Lintian Bugs are : W: battery-stats: unquoted-string-in-menu-item /usr/share/menu/battery-stats needs:2 W: battery-stats: unquoted-string-in-menu-item /usr/share/menu/battery-stats section:2 W: battery-stats: init.d-script-missing-lsb-section /etc/init.d/battery-stats For references given in the mail of Sandro Tosi, I need more time to read them and i have question about Debian Policy : is there any french translation of Debian Policy document (i didn't find any on web after goggle search) ? When i will have an answer i will send my work according to Debian procedure... Thanks in advance - -- Laurent Guignard, Registered as user #301590 with the Linux Counter<br> Site : http://www.famille-guignard.org<br> Blog : http://blog.famille-guignard.org<br> Projet : http://sicontact.sourceforge.net<br> GULL de Villefranche sur Saône : http://www.cagull.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIsRK/jcKpXFc/7oYRAm28AJ0cVQ7mHOhchawSGuHLikpnrN16ugCfZWky M7fk6GIQqJS/4w8iehoeNZI= =vI+K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
