Re: RFS: libqsi - second attempt
hello jasem, i'm not a debian developer myself, so i can't help you with uploading, nor should you rely solely on my opinion here, but i hope these comments are helpful both to you and the developer reviewing your package for upload: * you already require debhelper 6, is there any reason you don't let it operate to its full potential by setting debian/compat to 6? * by adding a (Closes: #656203), you could make the upload automatically close your itp bug * the Support: paragraph in the COPYING file contains a line that is typically included in the copyright file (comes without warranty of fitness). i'd include that in debian/copyright too just to be on the safe side, but don't know if that's a matter of personal preference or if people more familiar with what needs to be in a copyright file have a stronger opinion on that. * the NEWS file is empty. you can tell dh_installdocs, which afaict installs it automatically, to not install it by passing -X NEWS to it, but i can't tell exactly where that goes in a cdbs based build process. * if, for any other reasons more important than this little item, you have to increase your debhelper level to 7, you can strip the debian/tmp off the debian/*.install files, making them more readable in my opinion. * there's a number of things lintian still complains about. please run lintian on your .changes file and see what it says (use -i for additional information). some things are formal issues that are easy to fix (copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-lgpl, wrong-section-according-to-package-name, extended-description-line-too-long), i don't know exactly about package-name-doesnt-match-sonames (never happened to me before), and for binary-without-manpage, i'm afraid you'll have to write at least very short explanations of what the binaries do and how to use them (as there are no man pages in the source, but debian requires them). regards chrysn -- There's always a bigger fish. -- Qui-Gon Jinn signature.asc Description: Digital signature
RFS: libqsi - second attempt
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package libqsi. * Package name: libqsi Version : 6.0.3-1 Upstream Author : Quantum Scientific Imaging * URL : http://www.qsimaging.com * License : Propietary Section : libs It builds those binary packages: libqsi-dev - Quantum Scientific Imaging (QSI) CCD Libraries. libqsi6- Quantum Scientific Imaging (QSI) CCD Libraries. libqsi provides library to operate and control QSI CCD cameras and filter wheels used in astronomical imaging. INDI QSI driver depends on libqsi. Permission is granted to distribute the library in source and binary forms without any modification in order to operate INDI QSI driver. Please add this package to the non-free archive. To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: http://mentors.debian.net/package/libqsi Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/libq/libqsi/libqsi_6.0.3-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards, Jasem Mutlaq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAE0bU5=Fev=sxajnifu3otqgxi67m4uvjzpjsttpdgnncrm...@mail.gmail.com
Fwd: RFS: libqsi
-- Forwarded message -- From: Jasem Mutlaq mutla...@ikarustech.com Date: Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:08 PM Subject: Re: RFS: libqsi To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Ok, I modified the subsection and updated copyright information for the following packages: 1. libqsi (non-free): http://mentors.debian.net/package/libqsi 2. indi-qsi (contrib): http://mentors.debian.net/package/indi-qsi Is there anything else I need to do? Can someone please review and upload this package? If there is anything else I can do, please let me know. Regards, Jasem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAE0bU5mY=hq+Cm8w+CpRNYaU3i=67xspLPb_Cq=qrm9mnra...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: libqsi
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Paul Wise p...@debian.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Jasem Mutlaq wrote: The driver that requires this library (INDI QSI driver) is released under the LGPL v2.1. However, the library itself (QSI) is proprietary and there is no open source alternative as this is a very special purpose library for controlling astronomical CCDs. Therefore, I think the INDI QSI driver can end up in contrib and libqsi end up in non-free ? Correct. Is there a procedure to ask the inclusion of these packages into those respective archives? http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-subsections Ok, I modified the subsection and updated copyright information for the following packages: 1. libqsi (non-free): http://mentors.debian.net/package/libqsi 2. indi-qsi (contrib): http://mentors.debian.net/package/indi-qsi Is there anything else I need to do? Regards, Jasem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAE0bU5kq=fmrv3533aenjysr3sc5w4xadcvbbkcoghwfint...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: libqsi
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Jasem Mutlaq wrote: The driver that requires this library (INDI QSI driver) is released under the LGPL v2.1. However, the library itself (QSI) is proprietary and there is no open source alternative as this is a very special purpose library for controlling astronomical CCDs. Therefore, I think the INDI QSI driver can end up in contrib and libqsi end up in non-free ? Correct. Is there a procedure to ask the inclusion of these packages into those respective archives? http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-subsections -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caktje6g_d7chrdbj+rvepiluyhgepsuk6kqeapc1_b9tc2x...@mail.gmail.com
RFS: libqsi
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package libqsi. * Package name: libqsi Version : 6.0.3-1 Upstream Author : Quantum Scientific Imaging * URL : http://www.qsimaging.com * License : BSD Section : libs It builds those binary packages: libqsi-dev - Quantum Scientific Imaging (QSI) CCD Libraries. libqsi6- Quantum Scientific Imaging (QSI) CCD Libraries. To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: http://mentors.debian.net/package/libqsi Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/libq/libqsi/libqsi_6.0.3-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards, Jasem Mutlaq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAE0bU5=qij41qh4f9a2hxjasjuh-55myx8p5hnsw+h4uhk3...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: libqsi
Hi, Jasem Mutlaq mutla...@ikarustech.com writes: * Package name: libqsi Version : 6.0.3-1 Upstream Author : Quantum Scientific Imaging * URL : http://www.qsimaging.com * License : BSD Section : libs dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/libq/libqsi/libqsi_6.0.3-1.dsc There is no license included in the upstream tarball, only a copyright notice and a disclaimer. Where did you get the information that it is licensed under a BSD license? You do not need to include 'debian/tmp' in d/*.install. dh_install looks there by default. The package description is a bit short. There seems to be no source for the PDF file in the doc/ directory. Regards, Ansgar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87vco65tw3@deep-thought.43-1.org
Re: RFS: libqsi
There is no license included in the upstream tarball, only a copyright notice and a disclaimer. Where did you get the information that it is licensed under a BSD license? I contacted the company to get explicit BSD-2 clause in the COPYING file. Awaiting their reply. You do not need to include 'debian/tmp' in d/*.install. dh_install looks there by default. Ok, will correct that. The package description is a bit short. Ok, will expand the description. There seems to be no source for the PDF file in the doc/ directory. Is this recommended or mandatory? Your help is appreciated! -- Best Regards, Jasem Mutlaq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cae0bu5noz6_rc-jg9b4nukhytsq9lqrdewjeigzl5qod46p...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: libqsi
Hi, Jasem Mutlaq mutla...@ikarustech.com writes: There seems to be no source for the PDF file in the doc/ directory. Is this recommended or mandatory? Source needs to be present for everything part of Debian. That includes documentation and files that are not shipped in the binary packages. If you cannot provide the source, you need to repack to upstream tarball and remove the sourceless files. Regads, Ansgar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/877h0m5qpt@deep-thought.43-1.org
Re: RFS: libqsi
Source needs to be present for everything part of Debian. That includes documentation and files that are not shipped in the binary packages. If you cannot provide the source, you need to repack to upstream tarball and remove the sourceless files. Ok, I got a confirmation from QSI that the source code for libqsi is proprietary. They grant you the right to distribute source and binary forms of the library, but not to modify the source itself. Can this be added to Debian 'non-free' ? Regards, Jasem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cae0bu5nmq2wpotnf5v59cidzbo4+e8xuarhfi0738z-kmzj...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: libqsi
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Jasem Mutlaq wrote: Ok, I got a confirmation from QSI that the source code for libqsi is proprietary. They grant you the right to distribute source and binary forms of the library, but not to modify the source itself. Can this be added to Debian 'non-free' ? The non-free part of the archive only requires that Debian and our mirrors have permission to distribute. Also see these parts of policy for some things related to non-free: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-non-free Please ask upstream to switch to a well known and understood Free Software license (such as MIT/BSD/GPL). -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caktje6eb+0df65rsm1+atsy5cuvq+v1c5sgbgr5p08vhjcm...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: libqsi
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Paul Wise p...@debian.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Jasem Mutlaq wrote: Ok, I got a confirmation from QSI that the source code for libqsi is proprietary. They grant you the right to distribute source and binary forms of the library, but not to modify the source itself. Can this be added to Debian 'non-free' ? The non-free part of the archive only requires that Debian and our mirrors have permission to distribute. Also see these parts of policy for some things related to non-free: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-non-free Please ask upstream to switch to a well known and understood Free Software license (such as MIT/BSD/GPL). The driver that requires this library (INDI QSI driver) is released under the LGPL v2.1. However, the library itself (QSI) is proprietary and there is no open source alternative as this is a very special purpose library for controlling astronomical CCDs. Therefore, I think the INDI QSI driver can end up in contrib and libqsi end up in non-free ? Is there a procedure to ask the inclusion of these packages into those respective archives? -- Best Regards, Jasem Mutlaq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cae0bu5mdmhhr8gac0u96uxg0mjefnmea-hv6hshemrtl7fo...@mail.gmail.com
