First of all, thanks for your pointers, help and especially patience with this newbie. I went along with something easy at first (Bug LP#88232: Package description is very out of date) :-) I changed the short description and long description in 'control' as follows:
The award-winning Web browser from Mozilla Firefox 2 is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable. New powerful features have been added, among others: Web feeds, in line spell checking, integrated search capabilities, identity theft protection, and advanced tabbed browsing. The 'changelog' was changed with the following addition (using dch -i): firefox (2.0.0.2+1-0ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low * package description updated (Closes: LP#88232) -- Cesare Tirabassi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:08:04 +0100 I then rebuild the source package and checked that the executable build is ok. This is the diff between the two source packages: diff -Nru /tmp/JlARGXGcGM/firefox-2.0.0.2 +1/debian/changelog /tmp/goRRKpBClM/firefox-2.0.0.2+1/debian/changelog --- /tmp/JlARGXGcGM/firefox-2.0.0.2+1/debian/changelog 2007-03-09 09:59:15.000000000 +0100 +++ /tmp/goRRKpBClM/firefox-2.0.0.2+1/debian/changelog 2007-03-09 09:59:52.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +firefox (2.0.0.2+1-0ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low + + * package description updated (Closes: LP#88232) + + -- Cesare Tirabassi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:08:04 +0100 + firefox (2.0.0.2+1-0ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low * new upstream release 2.0.0.2 diff -Nru /tmp/JlARGXGcGM/firefox-2.0.0.2 +1/debian/control /tmp/goRRKpBClM/firefox-2.0.0.2+1/debian/control --- /tmp/JlARGXGcGM/firefox-2.0.0.2+1/debian/control 2007-03-09 09:59:15.000000000 +0100 +++ /tmp/goRRKpBClM/firefox-2.0.0.2+1/debian/control 2007-03-09 09:59:52.000000000 +0100 @@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ Provides: www-browser Conflicts: mozilla-firefox (<< 1.5.dfsg-1) Replaces: mozilla-firefox -Description: lightweight web browser based on Mozilla - Firefox is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to - Galeon, K-Meleon and Camino, but written using the XUL user interface - language and designed to be lightweight and cross-platform. - . - This browser was previously known as Firebird and Phoenix. +Description: The award-winning Web browser from Mozilla + Firefox 2 is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable. + New powerful features have been added, among others: + Web feeds, in line spell checking, integrated search capabilities, + identity theft protection, and advanced tabbed browsing. Package: firefox-dom-inspector Architecture: all I guess this is somehow useless as most probably you don't want to update the source package just with this bit but it was a good exercise for me nonetheless :-) I will keep trying to do something useful for the MOTU/TODO but your comments/requests on the above will be highly appreciated! ct -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
