Hi Thomas, On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 04:35:42PM +0200, Thomas Schiex wrote: > Hello Andreas, > > I tried to scrupulously follow the debian-science git repository > instructions. I modified the debian/control file as indicated and setup > a new git repo on alioth at > > debian-science/packages/toulbar2.git > > In the policy, I stumbled on: > > $ git import-orig --pristine-tar ~/foo_1.0.orig.tar.gz > > My understanding is that it is now > > $ gbp import-orig --pristine-tar ~/foo_1.0.orig.tar.gz
This is fixed in policy now. > It seems to work. Correcting this could help newbies like me. ... also non-newbies. :-) > All 3 branches are setup, the tag has been set in upstream, the hook to > git-commit-notice added too, and in the upstream+debian (master branch) > directory, with the pristine tarball in "..", debuild -S works fine. > > I have a complaint of lintian on > > E: toulbar2 changes: bad-distribution-in-changes-file unstable > > but I assume it is because I'm on an Ubuntu machine. Probably. Unstable is correct. > If anything is lacking, please tell me. $ lintian toulbar2_0.9.8-1_amd64.changes I: toulbar2 source: vcs-field-uses-insecure-uri vcs-git git://anonscm.debian.org/debian-science/packages/toulbar2.git I: toulbar2 source: vcs-field-uses-insecure-uri vcs-browser http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debian-science/packages/toulbar2.git I: toulbar2 source: quilt-patch-missing-description 010-inhibit-version-generation I: toulbar2 source: debian-watch-file-is-missing W: toulbar2-dbgsym: debug-file-with-no-debug-symbols usr/lib/debug/.build-id/63/769cbd8ba978f09766bcd677a4c0036429d701.debug I: toulbar2: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/toulbar2 egde edge I: toulbar2: hardening-no-fortify-functions usr/bin/toulbar2 W: toulbar2: debian-changelog-has-wrong-weekday 2015-03-25 is a Wednesday W: toulbar2: new-package-should-close-itp-bug E: toulbar2: possible-missing-colon-in-closes Closes Bug#780516 W: toulbar2: debian-changelog-line-too-long line 4 W: toulbar2: description-synopsis-starts-with-article I: toulbar2: description-synopsis-might-not-be-phrased-properly W: toulbar2: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/toulbar2 I: toulbar2: possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration Could you please fix those lintian issues. For more detailed explanation use '-i' option of lintian. Please also use debian-science list for communication. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de
