RFS: lesstif2 (updated package) [Was: Re: How to give lesstif2 some attention?]
Use the posted debdiff to create a package and upload it to mentors.debian.net and post a complete RFS. Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1:0.95.0-2.2 of the package lesstif2, this is not my package but I thought it needed some attention. snip If you are going to do this, you should at least be a co-maintainer of the package in Debian - if you cannot get approval for that from the existing maintainer, you may be better seeking a hijack. Stale packages that have a revitalized upstream are usually granted hijacks if the proposed maintainer is part of the new upstream team. (Hijack sounds more dramatic than it really is in most cases.) I will ask Sam again. I hope he does respond now. The hijacking approach is something I will consider when I have made some progress upstream and Sam still doesn't respond. For now, it builds these binary packages: lesstif-bin - user binaries for LessTif lesstif-doc - documentation for LessTif lesstif2 - OSF/Motif 2.1 implementation released under LGPL lesstif2-dev - development library and header files for LessTif 2.1 The package is not completely lintian clean. p...@etna ~/build/sid $ lintian -I -E --pedantic lesstif2/lesstif*.deb X: lesstif-bin: spelling-error-in-binary ./usr/bin/mwm dont don't I: lesstif2: no-symbols-control-file usr/lib/libMrm.so.2.0.1 I: lesstif2: no-symbols-control-file usr/lib/libXm.so.2.0.1 W: lesstif2: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames libMrm2 libXm2 p...@etna ~/build/sid $ lintian -I -E --pedantic lesstif2/lesstif*.dsc W: lesstif2 source: outdated-autotools-helper-file config.guess 2005-05-15 W: lesstif2 source: outdated-autotools-helper-file config.sub 2005-05-12 I intend to take those on in the next round, although I am not sure if the package deserves a rename. The current maintainer was not sure in the brief discussion I had with him (my only successful communication) and at the moment I think it is too intrusive. The warning about the outdated-autotools-helper-file are new I believe, I didn't see them last month. Probably the way this package builds has to be reengineerd. The upload would fix these bugs: 43640, 314440, 330057, 356017, 396199, 479779, 496081, 503361 (and not in the changelog also bug 522157, where the original debdiff is found) Changelog: lesstif2 (1:0.95.0-2.2) unstable; urgency=low * NMU upload to give some love to lesstif2 * debian/patches: - Add 031_fix_inverted_scrollwheel.diff by Kacper Wysocki, fix invalid mouse scroll wheel bind (Closes: 396199) -- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?\ func=detailaid=1625384group_id=8596atid=108596 - Add 031_shutup_xtungrabbutton.diff by Filippo Giunchedi, stop lessstif from spewing messages about XtUngrab (Closes: 479779) -- upstream bug 217326 - Add 031_use_X11_Xtos_header.diff by Steve Cotton (Closes: 503361) to include LONG64 definition instead of defining - Add 040_fedora_text.diff small fixes from upstream. - Add 040_fedora_resource.diff fixes error in DialogS.c, function class_initialize. - Add 040_fedora_c++fix.diff includes X11/ShellP.h after c. - Add 040_fedora_XxxxProperty-64bit.diff to fix 64 bit XChange/GetWindowProperty issues, including fix cut and paste from to lesstif apps on 64 bits machines (Closes: 314440) - Add 040_fedora_accelkeys.diff to fix accelkeys which use more then one modifier - Add 050_cvs_invalid_pointer.diff, 050_cvs_1773603_invalid_pointer_TextOut.c.diff, 050_cvs_1773603_invalid_pointer_List.c.diff, 050_cvs_1773603_invalid_pointer_Label.c.diff and 050_cvs_1773603_invalid_pointer_LabelG.c.diff to fix crashing with a wildly invalid pointer inside XmFontListCopy() -- upstream bugs 1773603 and 1298166 - Add 050_cvs_class_initialize_DialogS.c.diff to fix error in function class_initialize - Add 050_cvs_attachbottom_Form.c.diff to fix the layout of applications with widgets which have the AttachBottom - Add 060_update_manpages to fix bad-whatis-entry and several inconsistencies (Closes: 43640 and 87745) - Add 071_fix_crash_on_ESC_Traversal.c to fix crashing applications when pressing ESC in menus (Closes: 356017) * Updated debian/rules - not move VirtualBindings.5 to .1x but to .5x - remove the quilt .pc directory in clean target - honor noopt flag in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS (Closes: 496081) * Add mwm.desktop file (Closes: 330057) * Update policy to 3.8.1 - Added homepage field in debian/control - Renamed section in debian/lesstif-bin.menu (menu policy) * Removed Apps/ in debian/lesstif-doc.docbase (lintian) * Removed duplicate library from debian/control (lintian) * Changed order of dh_installdeb and dh_makeshlibs in debian/rules (lintian) * Added debian/watch file. * Updated debian/copyright with version numbers of the (L)GPL (lintian) * Added description to old patch files (lintian) The package can be found on
Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package) [Was: Re: How to give lesstif2 some attention?]
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:09:37 +0200 Paul Gevers p...@climbing.nl wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1:0.95.0-2.2 of the package lesstif2, this is not my package but I thought it needed some attention. This is a big package with a high popcon count, do you have the time for such a large task? On your own? Is there any upstream activity? lesstif-bin - user binaries for LessTif lesstif-doc - documentation for LessTif lesstif2 - OSF/Motif 2.1 implementation released under LGPL lesstif2-dev - development library and header files for LessTif 2.1 The package is not completely lintian clean. p...@etna ~/build/sid $ lintian -I -E --pedantic lesstif2/lesstif*.deb X: lesstif-bin: spelling-error-in-binary ./usr/bin/mwm dont don't I: lesstif2: no-symbols-control-file usr/lib/libMrm.so.2.0.1 I: lesstif2: no-symbols-control-file usr/lib/libXm.so.2.0.1 W: lesstif2: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames libMrm2 libXm2 p...@etna ~/build/sid $ lintian -I -E --pedantic lesstif2/lesstif*.dsc W: lesstif2 source: outdated-autotools-helper-file config.guess 2005-05-15 W: lesstif2 source: outdated-autotools-helper-file config.sub 2005-05-12 The PTS claims 85 lintian errors and warnings, so that is a considerable advance. The spelling error appears trivial and the autotools ones are new, there was an announcement about those on debian-devel regarding problems with new architectures (and, for that matter cross-building) when these files are so out of date. autoreconf will sort those out - you could try it in debian/rules but be aware that updating such an old package could cause new bugs so it might be best to do the entire refresh thing upstream. I intend to take those on in the next round, although I am not sure if the package deserves a rename. Probably easiest done upstream - doing a new SONAME gives you complete freedom in the upstream source to make sure that bugs are fixed cleanly. This would add a significant amount of work to the upstream though. It's not a rename necessarily - the package contains two libraries, you could split those out. $ objdump -p ./lesstif2-0.95.0/debian/lesstif2/usr/lib/libXm.so.2.0.1 | sed -n -e's/^[[:space:]]*SONAME[[:space:]]*//p' | sed -e's/\([0-9]\)\.so \./\1-/; s/\.so\.//' libXm2 $ objdump -p ./lesstif2-0.95.0/debian/lesstif2/usr/lib/libMrm.so.2.0.1 | sed -n -e's/^[[:space:]]*SONAME[[:space:]]*//p' | sed -e's/\([0-9]\) | \.so\./\1-/; s/\.so\.//' libMrm2 Those aren't particularly suitable library names, so you may want to use a lintian override for now and use a more sensible name in a future upstream release - again, a large step for a package of this size. The current maintainer was not sure in the brief discussion I had with him (my only successful communication) and at the moment I think it is too intrusive. The warning about the outdated-autotools-helper-file are new I believe, I didn't see them last month. Probably the way this package builds has to be reengineerd. The upload would fix these bugs: 43640, 314440, 330057, 356017, 396199, 479779, 496081, 503361 (and not in the changelog also bug 522157, where the original debdiff is found) I would be glad if someone would give feedback or upload the package. It's good that it does build in pbuilder. There needs to be a quick, easy way of testing the package - is there a script or internal program that can be run or a simple way of writing a test program? What needs to be done to run stuff in the test/ directory? It doesn't use 'make check' (which appears to do nothing in particular). It's probably too big for me to push much further, I don't have time for that much testing. -- Neil Williams = http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/ pgpwLft5OmfuO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package) [Was: Re: How to give lesstif2 some attention?]
Am 29.04.2009 23:12, schrieb Neil Williams: On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:09:37 +0200 Paul Geversp...@climbing.nl wrote: W: lesstif2 source: outdated-autotools-helper-file config.guess 2005-05-15 W: lesstif2 source: outdated-autotools-helper-file config.sub 2005-05-12 The PTS claims 85 lintian errors and warnings, so that is a considerable advance. The spelling error appears trivial and the autotools ones are new, there was an announcement about those on debian-devel regarding problems with new architectures (and, for that matter cross-building) when these files are so out of date. autoreconf will sort those out - you could try it in debian/rules but be aware that updating such an old package could cause new bugs so it might be best to do the entire refresh thing upstream. A less invasive approach is, to build-depend on autotools-dev and copy config.(guess,sub) from there. If you backup the exisisting files, you can easily copy them back on clean to return to a pristine state. Running autoreconf has the potential disadvantage that if you run it twice in a row (and you don't remove all autogenerated files in the clean target), that your diff.gz will get bloated. Cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
