On Sun, 28 Jun 2009, Harry Rickards wrote: > Mauro Lizaur wrote: > > > > About lintian, using the --pedantic option I got this: > > (Note that --pedantic isn't really required, but this got my attention) > > Thanks, I've added that to my ~/.devscripts. > > > % lintian -Ii --pedantic tvim_0.2-2_source.changes > > P: tvim source: direct-changes-in-diff-but-no-patch-system Makefile.am and > > 4 more > > N: > > N: The Debian diff.gz contains changes to files or creation of additional > > N: files outside the debian directory. Keeping the changes as separate > > N: patches under the control of a patch system allows for more fine > > grained > > N: control over them. The package will also more easily support possible > > N: future source package formats if all changes outside the debian > > N: directory are stored as patches. > > N: > > N: Severity: pedantic, Certainty: certain > > N: > > > > % diff tvim-orig/tvim-0.2/Makefile.am tvim/tvim-0.2/Makefile.am > > 6c6 > > < tvimdocdir = ${prefix}/doc/tvim > > --- > >> tvimdocdir = ${prefix}/share/doc/tvim > > 9d8 > > < COPYING\ > > 12d10 > > Fixed now (I think). I've added patches for all the needed changes with > dpatch, and removed all the stuff that wasn't needed (I think I > accidently used ~/tvim/nm/tvim-0.2 as my working directory yesterday). > Works fine in my chroot (is running Sid and has only got the needed > packages for Debian to run plus the build dependencies and normal > dependencies.) I've also removed UTF-8 from the FreeDesktop file via a > patch, as it's been deprecated. Should I contact the upstream author and > ask them to remove it from the upstream source, or just leave it? > >
Great, and contacting the upstream to remove the deprecated parts can be a good idea, yes. Regards, Mauro -- JID: lavaram...@jabber.org | http://lusers.com.ar/ 2B82 A38D 1BA5 847A A74D 6C34 6AB7 9ED6 C8FD F9C1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org