Bug#732200: open-time-zone-converter: changing from ITP to RFP

[David Maiorino]

Hello Lucas,

Sorry for any confusion, that looks like a duplicate bug. The package I have 
been working has been completed and submitted with the following RFP:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775509

As a result, can you please close out BUG#732200? This bug is no longer needed.

Thank you for the help!

> On Dec 27, 2015, at 9:16 PM, Lucas Nussbaum  wrote:
> 
> retitle 732200 RFP: open-time-zone-converter -- A simple app to convert the 
> time and date between two different zones
> noowner 732200
> tag 732200 - pending
> thanks
> 
> Hi,
> 
> A long time ago, you expressed interest in packaging 
> open-time-zone-converter. Unfortunately,
> it seems that it did not happen. In Debian, we try not to keep ITP bugs open
> for a too long time, as it might cause other prospective maintainers to
> refrain from packaging the software.
> 
> This is an automatic email to change the status of open-time-zone-converter 
> from ITP
> (Intent to Package) to RFP (Request for Package), because this bug hasn't seen
> any activity during the last 12 months.
> 
> If you are still interested in packaging open-time-zone-converter, please 
> send a mail to
>  with:
> 
> retitle 732200 ITP: open-time-zone-converter -- A simple app to convert the 
> time and date between two different zones
> owner 732200 !
> thanks
> 
> It is also a good idea to document your progress on this ITP from time to
> time, by mailing <732...@bugs.debian.org>.  If you need guidance on how to
> package this software, please reply to this email, and/or contact the
> debian-ment...@lists.debian.org mailing list.
> 
> Thank you for your interest in Debian,
> -- 
> Lucas, for the QA team 

Bug#754287: (no subject)

[David Maiorino]

Hello Riley,

Thanks for taking the time to give this another review! These
corrections have helped me understand further what needs to be done to
get a package ready for Debian :) I have the request for a sponsor out,
so will update that package with these changes as well.

https://mentors.debian.net/package/tz-converter

Yes, you can keep your releases on the GitHub branch.
However, it would be advisable to remove the /debian directory from your
github repository. Even though you may be maintaining both upstream and
with Debian, this may change in the future, and it causes problems if
upstream and Debian have different /debian directories. (Also, it
becomes more difficult to generate the .orig.tar.gz )
** I see what you mean. It was testing pulling from GitHub, and making
the .orig.tar.gz was a pain. So I will drop it from GitHub, as bug fixes
should not affect this.

*You mentioned that you were using debhelper 9, so you should change
d/compat to 9. (This will also fix the
missing-dependency-on-python-support lintian tag.)
** I have updated to 9 in this file, and fixed this issue!

*The full text of CC-0 formatted for d/copyright can be found here [1]
**Thanks, cound not find this full one!

*python-setuptools is required to build, but build-depends lists
python3-setuptools. It appears that this is because some parts of the
d/rules are using python2.7 by default. I've managed to build it without
python-setuptools by making the following modifications:
 -In line 10, replace python setup.py with python3 setup.py
 -Add a line override_dh_auto_configure:
** Awesome, this was giving me a headache, but this fixed the Dependency
on Python2. I read in the docs all new packages needed to used Python3,
so this corrects the issue!

*You include several lib/ entries in the copyright file, but you do not
distribute them. It is good that you do not distribute them (because
modules should be packaged separately), but these should be removed
from the d/copyright.
** I see, I was not sure about whether or not they should be included,
so I added them in just in case. I will go ahead and remove them now.

*I couldn't find packages for the tzlocal and Delorean modules. These
will have to be packaged first, then added as dependencies. The Python
Modules Team [2] should be able to help you with this.
** Thanks for the link. I will drop this team a line and see if they can
help me out.

*I think that you've got the license GNU right, but I'm not sure. Read
over this IRC log [4] and note that the icon was originally from here
[5] and then make a decision for yourself.
** Hmmm, this is a tuff one. It would probably be safe to update, but I
have a feeling that it would be ok to keep it as GNU, as that is what it
was submitted at the time. If this needs to be updated, should be simple
enough.

Thanks again, and please let me know if there is anything I can help with.

- Dave


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Bug#754287: ITP: tz-converter -- Front-end to convert the time and date across time zones

[David Maiorino]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: David Maiorino maiorinoda...@gmail.com

* Package name: tz-converter
  Version : 1.0.0
  Upstream Author : David Maiorino maiorinoda...@gmail.com
* URL : https://github.com/DMaiorino/tz-converter
* License : GPL
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description : Front-end to convert the time and date across time zones

 - The aim of this package is to provide a simple front-end for converting
   times and dates between time zones.
 - I have uploaded the package to mentors, requesting a sponser.
   https://mentors.debian.net/package/tz-converter
 - I have the .deb package built and have tested on a vanilla system.


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Bug#732200: (no subject)

[David Maiorino]

Thank you for the reply! If anything else needs to be addressed, please 
let me know.


I am not sure what the next step is to getting this package ready, so I 
will await further contact.


- Dave


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Bug#732200: (no subject)

[David Maiorino]

Thanks for the replies! I needed to give these guidelines a better look 
to have this application up to standard. I have taken a look at the  To 
update on some work tonight.


Fixed (In double quotes):
Java package names corrected to the proper top-level domain
(com.dmaiorino.OpenTimeZoneConverter).

Suggested package name:
For the suggested name, how about tzdateconverter. This should 
compress the meaning that this is a timezone date converter. Hopefully 
it is readable without hyphens. If this works, I will update the module 
name above as well (Too verbose).


Package Description:
Sorry for this mistake, I did not realize this would be the actual 
description used in the package. Using the suggestions, I have 
re-written to remove first person and unnecessary descriptions:


/*
Short Description : A program to convert the time and date between two 
time zones.


Long Description: This Java program allows users to convert the time and 
date between two time zones. Features include allowing the user to 
choose a timezone for only certain regions and a save/restore function 
for the current time zone info.


Homepage: https://github.com/DMaiorino/TimeZoneConverter
*/


Needed Features:
1) Support different languages
2) Allow for different date formats.
3) 12/24 hour settings

Questions:
1. please use system-supplied widgets on the right hand panel 
too. For this request, my idea was to limit the amount of knobs that 
could be touched. So the date and time the user knows would be but on 
the left, and the result they wanted would be on the right. Would it 
make sense to have this adjustable on both sides.


2. Copyrights. Would anybody know if we need to add copyrights for 
the classes used in this program? The program runs fine with OpenJDK as 
well, so maybe a solution would be to package it to run with OpenJDK?


3. Java Packaging: I see the following website examples, 
http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/examples/. At what point should I 
follow these examples to package this program? Should I have the current 
GitHub updated for this packaging, or would this be different?



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Bug#732200: ITP: Open Time Zone Converter -- A simple app to convert the time and date between two different zones.

[David Maiorino]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: David Maiorino maiorinoda...@gmail.com

* Package name: Open Time Zone Converter
  Version : 1.0.0
  Upstream Author : David Maiorino maiorinoda...@gmail.com
* URL : https://github.com/DMaiorino/TimeZoneConverter
* License : MIT/X
  Programming Lang: Java
  Description : A simple app to convert the time and date between two 
different zones.

This simple app, developed in Java, is to allow the user to convert the time 
between two timezones. To enhance the user experience, I have included features 
such as:

1. Allow the user to choose a timezone for only certain regions.
2. Allow the user to save/restore the current time zone info.

The time zones are taken from the Java TimeZone Class.

The code is currently maintained on GitHub 
(https://github.com/DMaiorino/TimeZoneConverter)


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