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and subject line Re: Bug#1062001: RFS: trader/7.21-1 [RC] -- simple game of
interstellar trading
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Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal
Dear mentors,
I am looking for a sponsor for my updated package "trader", a
simple game of interstellar trading. This update fixes a FTBFS
listed in bug #1135930:
Package name: trader
Version: 7.21-1
Upstream author: John Zaitseff <[email protected]> -- that's me!
URL: https://www.zap.org.au/projects/trader/
License: GPL3+
Vcs: https://git.zap.org.au/git/trader.git -b with-debian
Section: games
It builds one binary package:
trader - simple game of interstellar trading
I have successfully built binaries using Debian chroots on The ZAP
Group Australia server. You can download my build using dget:
dget -x https://ftp.zap.org.au/pub/trader/unix/binary/debian/trader_7.21-1.dsc
Changes since the last upload:
trader (7.21-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* New upstream release: includes a fix for the FTBFS seen under
Autoconf 2.73. Closes: #1135930.
* Updated to Debian Policy 4.7.4: removed "Priority: optional" from
debian/control as this is now the default.
* Moved to dpkg-build-api v1 for building.
* Adjusted build dependencies as required for Debian old-stable.
* Removed Vcs-Browser from debian/control as the URL in this field was
being subjected to a continual and sustained DDOS. Closes: #1132702.
* Changed Vcs-Git link to use HTTPS instead of the Git protocol.
* Added details of all relevant source files to debian/copyright (as
requested by Tobias Frost).
* Enabled build hardening in debian/rules.
* Converted debian/watch to version 5 format.
* Removed superfluous signatures from debian/upstream/signing-key.asc.
* Incorporates changes made to previous upstream releases (not uploaded
to Debian): changed documentation (history of the game), updated
translations, renamed AppStream metainfo and desktop files.
-- John Zaitseff <[email protected]> Mon, 18 May 2026 14:56:21 +1000
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
I'm more than willing to work through any issues that you might
identify. Thanks!
Yours truly,
John Zaitseff
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On 9/06/2026 6:11 am, John Zaitseff wrote:
Looking at your changelog, I wondered about: "Adjusted build
dependencies as required for Debian old-stable." We are uploading
to unstable/Sid, so your version constraints aren't necessary.
I think I was basing this on Tobias Frost's comment at [1] where he
stated "Please remove all versions from the versioned build depends
that are fulfiled already since oldstable, e.g gettext and
automake."
[1]
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbugs.debian.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fbugreport.cgi%3Fbug%3D1062001%2328&data=05%7C02%7C%7C7c78445657cf4ea3eab208dec59a7374%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639165464329107772%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Wof72SU0fX17FbYR%2FgY0LUK3vwjczlbcc3LrjDlh48M%3D&reserved=0
I guess I interpreted that to mean all dependencies had to be valid
for Debian old-stable.
Tobias wanted you to remove the verion restrictions from your
Build-Depends list, which you've done now.
I've adjusted the build dependencies to be valid for Debian Sid
(coincidentally also Trixie). This also includes removing "(>=
2.71)" from autoconf.
[...]
A copyright check identified some minor discrepancies with the
copyright years for the following files, compared to what you have
listed in d/copyright.
lib/crc-generate-table.c
lib/crc-sliceby8.h
lib/crc.c
lib/crc.h
lib/wcsdup-impl.h
lib/wcsdup.c
lib/wctob.c
Good catch! I accidentally overlooked the changed end date (2026)
when I updated d/copyright. Fixed.
po/eo.*
po/fi.*
po/fr.*
po/sr.*
I consolidated the range of years per suggestions from the Copyright
field in [2], but made a typo: 2013 should have been 2012. Fixed --
thanks!
Looks good. Uploaded.
Moving forward, I'd suggest unifying the copyright lines in po/*.po to
YYYY-YYYY format, so automated tools like licensecheck have an easier
time detecting the dates.
In debian/changelog, many people -- myself included -- prefer a more
structured format. For example:
* New upstream version:
- Important change 1 (Closes: #xxxxxx).
- Important change 2.
* debian/control:
- Raise Standards-Version to 4.7.4.
- Remove Priority field.
- Drop version constraints from Build-Depends (Closes: #xxxxxxx).
- Drop Vcs-Browse due to sustained DDOS.
* debian/copyright: Add all relevant files.
* debian/rules: Enable build-hardening.
* debian/watch: Covert to v5 format.
This format makes it quick and easy to see at a glance what changes have
been made. It also highlights any important upstream changes that
maintainers or NMUers might need to know about.
Hugh
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