Christoph Haas wrote: > On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 04:15:09PM +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote: > >>Justin Pryzby wrote: >> >>>>>On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 12:06:33PM +0100, P?draig Brady wrote: >>>> >>>>As far as I can see you want me to provide: >>>> >>>>fslint_2.15-1.dsc >>>>fslint_2.15-1.orig.tar.gz >>>>fslint_2.15-1.diff.gz >>> >>>Yea, this is the "source package". You could have an empty .diff.gz >> >>Done. The following "source package" was built with: >>dpkg-source -b fslint-2.15 fslint_2.15.orig.tar.gz >> >>http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/debian/ > > > Much better! Thanks. > > >>I'm confused as to why it didn't ask me to sign it. > > > Depends on how you built the package. Usually I run "debuild" which will > try to sign the package afterwards. Signing the package is important if > the package gets uploaded to Debian because you need a Debian > developer's signature on the package to be accepted in the official > repositories - just a security measure.
cool, So I'll need to register my signature as a Debian Developer. I'll figure out how to do this thanks. > However the package is not yet in perfect shape. Run "lintian" on the > final package (lintian -i *deb) to see some obvious problems. Right, I'll lintian it and also read up on debian packaging policies. > Just in case there is a misunderstanding. You usually don't need to care > for a Debian package. It's okay to have someone who is familiar with > Debian to deal with all the policy and procedures. Here I assume that > you are personally interested in maintaining the Debian package. Just to > let you know there are surely volunteers in the Debian project so you > can concentrate on developing the actual (upstream) software. Sure. It would be better if someone stepped up, but in my experience I think it will be faster if I do everything myself. thanks, Pádraig. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]