On 02/01/15 09:11, Tristan Schmelcher wrote: > On Jan 1, 2015 4:37 PM, "Riley Baird" < > bm-2cvqnduybau5do2dfjtrn7zbaj246s4...@bitmessage.ch> wrote: >> >> Hi, I'm not a DD, so I can't sponsor your package, but I looked at your >> package and here are some things that I noticed: >> >> * You should add DEP-3 headers to your patches: >> http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ >> >> * To comply with Debian's policy on convenience copies, you'll have to >> remove the local copy of jquery.js and depend on libjs-query. (Unless, >> of course your version is different. I haven't checked.) >> >> * In d/control, since you've already defined Section:libs in the source >> package, you can remove the section field from libgaminggear0 and >> libgaminggear-common. >> >> Good luck getting your package into Debian! >> >> Riley Baird > > Thanks for the feedback. I'll add the DEP-3 headers and remove the > redundant sections fields. I am unsure what to do about jquery though. That > file gets embedded into the binary package by the doxygen run. It's not > even shipped in upstream libgaminggear. It seems to me that depending on > libjs-query would be fragile since doxygen's internal jquery version and > libjs-query's version would not be guaranteed to have compatible APIs as > those packages evolve. > > It seems there are lots of doxygen-generated package violating this policy. > Is this considered an exception to the rule, I wonder?
Thanks for making the other changes. I've just checked, and it seems that the doxygen thing actually is a sort of unofficial exception to the rule, while the issue is being worked out: https://www.marshut.net/kqzhpi/doxygen-and-embedded-jquery-problem-how-to-solve.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54a5c869.5000...@bitmessage.ch