Thanks for looking at these - I've seen this library mentioned on Debian Games mailing lists/wiki every once and a while. Do you know of a free alternative? I see on Ubuntu RFP [1] for this library that someone suggested something like http://sam.zoy.org/flessd.
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Johey Shmit <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "fmodapi4.26". > > * Package name : fmodapi4.26 > Version : 4.26.30-1 > Upstream Author : Firelight Technologies Pty, Ltd > * URL : http://www.fmod.org > * License : proprietary, see below > Section : non-free/libs > Hopefully this permits uploading to non-free! The license grants free "use" for non-commercial applications, but doesn't say anything explicitly about redistribution. I'd suggest asking debian legal for advice. > > The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: > - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/f/fmodapi4.26 > - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main > contrib non-free > - dget > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/f/fmodapi4.26/fmodapi4.26_4.26.30-1.dsc The first "red flag" I saw in the packaging is that the package naming scheme does not conform to policy. See: http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html your library appears to be named libfmodex-${VERSION}.so but your package names are all of the form fmodapi4.26-dev. The package name should be libfmodex and libfmodex-dev. Use lintian on your .changes file and fix all warnings and errors (without building your package I see that debian standards version is old) use "lintian --pedantic -I {your_changes_file}" Cheers, Scott [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/179597 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
