* it should be a non-native package (format 3.0 (quilt))
* should use a released upstream version for easier support and maintainance, 
not a daily code snapshot
* it fails to build from source in current development release (quantal)
* the packages are marked for i386 architecture only, this is a mistake. They 
should either target any (C / C++ compiled programs) or all (architecture 
independant files e.g. documentation / shell scripts / python etc.)
* source package alone has many lintian warnings:
W: ecere source: native-package-with-dash-version
W: ecere source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends ecere-doc
W: ecere source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends libecere
W: ecere source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends ecere-sdk
W: ecere source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends ecere-samples
W: ecere source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends ecere-extras
W: ecere source: ancient-standards-version 3.8.0 (current is 3.9.3)

* source package includes many, many source copies of libraries, these
should be stripped and software *must* linked against system wide
libpng, zlib and etc.

* debian/copyright looks incomplete. It should list the copyright and license 
of every single source file. Please see:
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/

I couldn't review binaries.

This is just the beginning, but the PPA package is not ready for
inclusion in Ubuntu or Debian. At least I will not sponsor this.

Regards,

Dmitrijs.

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