Having resolved all of the issues that Niels found [thanks again for your time], I've re-uploaded to the mentors site and am again seeking a sponsor.
Package name : obdgpslogger Upstream author : Gary Briggs <[email protected]> [me] URL : http://icculus.org/obdgpslogger License : GPLv2+ The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/o/obdgpslogger - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/o/obdgpslogger/obdgpslogger_0.15-1.dsc The package appears lintian clean with -IE --pedantic: ~/src/obdgpslogger$ lintian --version Lintian v2.4.3 ~/src/obdgpslogger$ lintian -IE --pedantic \ obdgpslogger_0.15-1_amd64.deb obdgpslogger_0.15-1.dsc ~/src/obdgpslogger$ I would greatly appreciate it if a mentor could take a look at this package with the goal of uploading it. Thank-you very much, Gary On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 03:51:49PM -0400, Gary Briggs wrote: > The only remaining file is a simple shell script that's provided > only as an example in doc/ in the source package. Do I need to > explicitly mention it anywhere? It's not distributed in the final > package. We're in the realm of this GPL FAQ here: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatIfWorkIsShort > > I'll upload a new package once I know what to do about that. On the advice of #debian-mentors, I simply threw another all-permissive statement at the top and added it to debian/copyright appropriately. > Understandable. The only part that communicates with the hardware is > obdgpslogger itself. All the other binaries are utilities associated > with the logfiles created [or the sim]. > > To try obdgpslogger attached to the sim, you can do it in one step > ["obdsim -o"], or multiple steps: > 1) Run "obdsim" without parameters > 2) Read the "SimPort name"; on *nix this is a pty. > 3) Run "obdgpslogger -t -s <simport name>" > The "-t" flag is "spam stdout"; you'll know if stuff's working because > you see some numbers appear. The default logfile name is "obdgpslogger.db" > > Once you see it working, you can use obd2csv to create a csv file > from the logfile just created: > obd2csv -d obdgpslogger.db -o obdgpslogger.csv Thanks, Gary (-; -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
