Hi Mattia Thanks for taking the time to look at this.
On 15/05/16 20:42, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > control: tag -1 moreinfo > control: owner -1 ! > control: block 823251 by -1 > > On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 05:33:28PM +0200, Gordon Ball wrote: >> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "node-zmq" > > o/ > >> https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/n/node-zmq/node-zmq_2.15.0+dfsg-2.dsc > > Alright, so this package is maintained in collab-maint. Great. > Now: > > * why did you upload a -2 to mentors.d.n? v-1 is already published in a PPA. Admittedly, it probably has fairly few users, but still probably best not to duplicate versions. However, I haven't uploaded 2.15.1 there so the issue shouldn't actually arise. > * in git there is a newer version with minimal changes, guess it would > be better if I upload that one? Indeed. The only changes upstream are a higher version dependency on node-nan, which I have reflected in d/control. > * you install History.md. I think it would be better to install that > file as a changelog, see > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-changelogs > For that, just call dh_installchangelogs. I've added a dh_installchangelogs entry to d/rules in git. > > You don't need to upload new releases to mentors, I actually prefer > working with git. > Noted. The changelog fix should be in git master, which I think is everything unless you've spotted something else. Gordon
