Hi, Daniel... On Monday 31 October 2005 03:07, Daniel Milstein wrote: > I was wondering if anyone would be interesting in sponsoring the > stopwatch, a virtual stopwatch and timer program, package, which is in > the public domain. I could not find any programs like it in APT, > although there may be some that I overlooked.
I had also looked for a simple stopwatch program but couldn't find one. So perhaps there is none in Debian yet. :) > Its ITP bug number is 336534 and the package > can be found at http://geocities.com/vze49jxa. It > is lintian and linda clean and has been thoroughly tested. Its upstream > source is http://expect.nist.gov/stopwatch. Hints/Suggestions: - you altered the Makefile but I don't see why - If you need to change the base path of "wish" I suggest you do that through the powers of "dpatch" instead of changing the script directly. Otherwise you will have to do that with every new upstream release. - instead of copying (cp) files around you may also use dh_install and dh_installman for consistency. - the debian/rules file contains dh_ lines that can be removed. dh_link for example. And all the lines that are commented out. - have you offered the man page to the upstream for inclusion in the next upstream version? - you use docbook-to-man but at the same time your diff.gz contains a stopwatch.1x file. Shouldn't that be created during building? - the debian/copyright is too minimal. Include the proper years of copyright. And clarify the license. "public domain" doesn't mean much. Check the DFSG. I would generally help and sponsor your package. But since verizon.net is rejecting mail from my mail server (mx.workaround.org) for a year and does not intend to talk to me why they do that it may be hard to communicate with you. (Someone should kick them hard.) Christoph -- |\ _,,,---,,_ Famous last words of a sysadmin: /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ "We'll do the backup tomorrow." <|,4- ) )-,_..;\ ( `'-' '---''(_/--' `-'\_) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]