-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > 1) rules - have you though of using dh7 style? (just %: dh @ with > overrides) Or is there a _specific_ reason for debhelper 5 > compatability? (lenny has debhelper 7 so it should be easy to > backport) With debhelper 7 your rules will become much smaller. See > man dh and other revelant for details.
This is because I need a package for etch too and the one package works across the board without problems using dh5. Is this the wrong way to do it? > 2) rules - please consider running the test suite here (*hint* needs a > variable in rules) I've been looking around for this but can't find any documentation for it. > 3) copyright - there is DEP#5 proposal for the machine parsable > copyright file (it's not a rule or anything). If you like it try using > it. [1] I'll look at this later on. > 4) changelog I'm sure that it should be (Closes: #NNNNN) e.g. [2] Fixed. > 5) control - are you using a version control system for your > packaging? (I would suggest you do, bzr-builddeb and git-buildpackage > are very strong contenders and both support pristine-tar, ie. saving a > small binary delta to regenerate an identical tarball at build-time) I'm using git-buildpackage. > 6) control - I'm sure your long description is too short (it's abscent)..... Fixed. Lintian now shows as clean with one more pedantic bit and the X: notes I'll report upstream and get fixed there. Tom - -- Tom Simnett Director initforthe Ltd W: www.initforthe.com T: 020 7183 3116 M: 07786 441 844 E: [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkocESEACgkQcqOpPRWIadcKcACdECKwD/C1wi2qUx1PJQbjpp1i PIkAn0EylAKFjDr0ZeUmOQoU0ZqBgED9 =wJg5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
