Hi Johan, to catch up from IRC discussion about sponsering: I had a more detailed look into your packaging. At first we have to clarify in what repository the package should reside. In Debian Med team it is OK to put also non-medical prerequisites into the Debian Med repository. If nobody on this list will disagree I think it is fine to follow this example. Otherwise I'd be fine by keeping it in collab-maint but this has the disadvantage to fly below the radar of some Blends QA tools I'm constantly working on.
In any case I would like you to follow the pkg-grass policy for packaging which is available at http://linuxminded.nl/tmp/pkg-grass-website/policy.html which means specifically the following workflow: 1. Download the source (via uscan); BTW: $ uscan --report Processing watchfile line for package libharu... Newest version on remote site is 2.3.0, local version is 2.2.1 libharu: Newer version (2.3.0) available on remote site: https://github.com/libharu/libharu/archive/RELEASE_2_3_0.tar.gz (local version is 2.2.1) 2. git import-orig --pristine-tar /path/to/package_version.orig.tar.gz which leads to the following branches: $ git branch * master pristine-tar upstream 3. Edit debian/* files 4. git-buildpackage I insist on this kind of workflow since it enables all team members to quickly dive into a certain package without any trouble. Since you might not be comfortable with this kind of workflow I'd volunteer to create such a repository from scratch by importing the current status of git://git.debian.org/collab-maint/libharu.git -b debian If you have strong reasons to derive from this workflow please tell me and I might consider my requirement for the Vcs layout. Regarding your actual packaging I would suggest to upgrade your debian/control file via cme fix dpkg-control which (see policy above what packages to use). Moreover you should upgrade debhelper to compatibility level 9 to profit from several new features (hardening, auto testing if available). Please tell me if something remains unclear to let me know whether I can help. Thanks for your work on this package so far Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de _______________________________________________ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel