On Monday, October 12 2015, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:33:21PM -0400, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote: >> > Please note that there is no point in creating a new changelog entry if >> > there was no package uploaded. I dropped the new entry - please pull. >> >> Yeah, I was not sure whether or not it made sense to do that. On the >> one hand, if I had not done that, we would have a tag pointing to a >> Debian release (debian/0.9.8-1) and then we would have commits after >> this tag. On the other hand, we would have a second Debian release >> without having released the first. > > Only packages that really made it to unstable should be tagged. So > please remove the tag until the package is accepted. > >> I think the solution would be to retag the latest commit as >> debian/0.9.8-1, maybe? > > Yes. But as I said *after* ftpmaster has accepted the package.
Right, thanks for the clarification. >> > I: sleepyhead source: debian-watch-file-is-missing >> >> This is because upstream is still not releasing versioned source >> tarballs. I've made a request to the author, and he told me he is going >> to start doing that in the next releases. > > OK. What we are doing in this case is documenting this like > > debian/watch: > > # upstream is still not releasing versioned source > # tarballs. I've made a request to the author, and he told me he is going > # to start doing that in the next releases. Hm, OK. >> > I: sleepyhead: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/SleepyHead calender >> > calendar >> > I: sleepyhead: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/SleepyHead Libaries >> > Libraries >> > I: sleepyhead: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/SleepyHead consistancy >> > consistency >> > I: sleepyhead: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/SleepyHead succesfully >> > successfully >> > I: sleepyhead: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/SleepyHead independant >> > independent >> > I: sleepyhead: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/SleepyHead seperately >> > separately >> > I: sleepyhead: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/SleepyHead softwares >> > software >> > I: sleepyhead: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/SleepyHead GNU Public >> > License GNU General Public License >> >> These are all spelling errors. I can obviously patch the package >> locally and send a patch upstream, but I don't think it's worth delaying >> the release because of this (IMHO). > > Ahh, you are right. I somehow assumed you are part of the upstream > team. I'd recommend to simply forward these issues. I've already sent a patch fixing these issues. I decided not to patch the package because that will involve some manual work on resolving conflicts. Upstream will likely release a new version soon anyway. >> > I: sleepyhead: description-synopsis-might-not-be-phrased-properly >> >> I can fix this. >> >> > I: sleepyhead: possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration >> >> The package has really no documentation (unfortunately). The three >> files that are listed in debian/docs are very simple (rudimentary, I'd >> say) texts; that's why I did not register a doc-base. If you think it >> is worth, I can silence this info. > > May be it makes sense to provide a lintian-override. I do not want > to be over-picky. Just mentioning the options to a newbie. OK. >> > Since you confirmed to be upstream (or closely connected to upstream) if >> > I remember correctly, you might even be easily able to fix the spelling >> > issues. >> >> I'm not upstream, I'm just becoming more involved with it. I will send >> patches fixing the spelling errors, and I'll patch the package locally >> as well. > > Fine. Just ping me once you think you are finished with theses things. It's all done. I've pushed the new commits to the repository. Thanks, -- Sergio GPG key ID: 237A 54B1 0287 28BF 00EF 31F4 D0EB 7628 65FC 5E36 Please send encrypted e-mail if possible http://sergiodj.net/
