2011/8/4 Benoît Knecht <benoit.kne...@fsfe.org> > Hi John, > > John R. Baskwill wrote: > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ndpmon", > > > > * Package name : ndpmon > > Version : 1.4.0-2 > > Upstream Author : frederic.b...@loria.fr > > * URL : http://ndpmon.sourceforge.net/index.html > > * License : LGPL 2.1+ > > Section : net > > > > It builds these binary packages: > > ndpmon - IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Monitor > > > > The upload would fix these bugs: 635975 > > >From a quick look at your package: > > - You have a debian/patches/debian-changes-1.4.0-1 patch that is > probably not intentional. > > - It would be great if you could use DEP-5 [1] for your > debian/copyright. > > [1] http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/ > > Also, if you run 'licensecheck -r .' in the root directory of your > package, you'll notice that some files lack a copyright header. You > should probably contact upstream about that and make sure that all > the files are indeed released under the LGPL. > > - 'lintian -I --pedantic ndpmon_1.4.0-2_*.changes' had this to say: > > W: ndpmon source: configure-generated-file-in-source config.status > W: ndpmon source: configure-generated-file-in-source config.cache > W: ndpmon source: configure-generated-file-in-source config.log > W: ndpmon source: out-of-date-standards-version 3.9.1 (current is > 3.9.2) > I: ndpmon source: debian-watch-contains-dh_make-template > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/sbin/ndpmon Recieved Received > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/sbin/ndpmon adress address > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/sbin/ndpmon unkown unknown > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/sbin/ndpmon unkown unknown > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/src/ndpmon/ndpmon.o Recieved > Received > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/src/ndpmon/ndpmon.o adress > address > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/src/ndpmon/neighbors.o unkown > unknown > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/src/ndpmon/neighbors.o unkown > unknown > E: ndpmon: helper-templates-in-copyright > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-manpage usr/share/man/man8/ndpmon.8.gz > allows to allows one to > > (Run it with '-i' to get a detailed explanation for each warning or > error.) > > - Your .deb contains plenty of .{c,h,o} files, and the full source in > /usr/src; I don't think it's what you intended to do, is it? > > - In debian/control, the description of the package contains > information about when, where and by whom the software was > developed; I don't think it's relevant here. You also depend > explicitly on some libraries, but these should be in > ${shlibs:Depends} already if the package links against them. > > I hope this helps. Don't hesitate to ask if you have problems/questions > about these issues. > > Cheers, > > -- > Benoît Knecht > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110804151446.ga3...@marvin.lan > > Thank you very much for taking the time to look at my package. I will work on the items you listed.
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