Re: RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
A few more updates :) - Joined the pkg-grass group: - Updated maintainers in debian/control - Updated VCS links in debian/control - Debian files are now hosted at: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-grass/libgis.git - Use libgis-dev.examples for gis-demo instead of libgis-bin - Update Recommends/Suggests - Add debian/clean to delete some generated files - Fixed a bug that caused a crash when using Mesa To compile gis-demo: gzip -d gis-demo.c.gz touch config.h gcc -I. --std=c99 -o gis-demo gis-demo.c `pkg-config --libs --cflags libgis` (I'll be removing the dependency on config.h in the next release) pgpT4T3SaxqIK.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
Hello Andy,
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:00:06 +, Andy Spencer wrote:
- Joined the pkg-grass group:
Great!
- Debian files are now hosted at:
http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-grass/libgis.git
You forgot to push everything. Please do:
$ git push --all ; git push --tags
- Use libgis-dev.examples for gis-demo instead of libgis-bin
- Update Recommends/Suggests
- Add debian/clean to delete some generated files
- Fixed a bug that caused a crash when using Mesa
Everything seems fine. Just one small thing: you're suggesting libgis-doc (=
${binary:Version}). libgis-doc is an Arch:all package, and binary:Version
doesn't apply there. I suggest to entirely drop the version, since it's
documentation, and there's no need of a strict dependency.
After fixing this (just do a commit with that change), and pushing the
remaining branches/tags, I'll upload it.
Kindly,
David
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Re: RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
On 2010-11-18 10:19, David Paleino wrote:
- Debian files are now hosted at:
http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-grass/libgis.git
You forgot to push everything. Please do:
$ git push --all ; git push --tags
Oops, forgot to push upstream..
- Use libgis-dev.examples for gis-demo instead of libgis-bin
- Update Recommends/Suggests
- Add debian/clean to delete some generated files
- Fixed a bug that caused a crash when using Mesa
Everything seems fine. Just one small thing: you're suggesting libgis-doc (=
${binary:Version}). libgis-doc is an Arch:all package, and binary:Version
doesn't apply there. I suggest to entirely drop the version, since it's
documentation, and there's no need of a strict dependency.
After fixing this (just do a commit with that change), and pushing the
remaining branches/tags, I'll upload it.
Ok, I removed the version and pushed the changes.
I just moved the debian/0.4.2-1 tag this time since it's an initial
release, I hope that's alright. In the future I'll make a changelog
entry and add a new tag.
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Re: RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:24:01 +, Andy Spencer wrote: Thanks for the comments so far, I've posted an updated set of packages to mentors.debian.net, here's a quick list of changes (I may be forgetting a few): [..] I also set up a git repository on my local machine for storing the Debian files using git-buildpackage. As David suggested, I would like to host them as part of the pkg-grass project and am looking into getting a repository on Alioth. If you want it to be in Debian GIS, a couple more changes are needed. In debian/control, please set Debian GIS Project pkg-grass-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org as Maintainer, and put yourself in Uploaders field. Unrelated to Debian GIS: always in debian/control, libgis-doc Recommends libgis0. I know someone suggested it on this list, but why? Recommends are installed by default, and that package is meant to provide documentation, so I'd rather Suggest libgis-dev. That's IMHO though. Also, you have changes stored in debian/patches/debian-changes-0.4.2-1 . Please make so that patch doesn't appear. Usually, you want to avoid direct changes to the upstream source, but rather you want to use quilt(1). (Tip: that patch creates two autotools-related files. If you want to get rid of them, add them to debian/clean, and they'll be removed during the clean target) You have an examples/ directory. Why don't you install them? I'd put it in debian/libgis-dev.examples . Also, a symbols file is missing. Did you choose not to include one, or just forgot it? :-) To generate one, I'd suggest using (after a fakeroot debian/rules install): $ dpkg-gensymbols -plibgis0 | sed -e 's/0.4.2-1/0.4.2/' | patch -p0 And then move the new_symbols_file to debian/libgis0.symbols. After compiling it, I see that only a gis-demo is present in libgis-bin. I thought at something more... useful? :-) It might make sense to drop that binary package at all, and put the sources of this gis-demo in libgis-dev.examples. Quoting your other mail: Also, this is slightly unrelated, but do you know why I get a lot of errors of the form: dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libfoo.so.0 could be avoided if debian/libgis0/usr/lib/libgis0/map.so ... were not uselessly linked against it (they use none of its symbols). I've tried using -Wl,--as-needed hopping it would prevent these warnings, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. Those are generally harmful. You should check what's actually being linked, and if you're using any function from those libraries (i.e. check what -l... are being passed to gcc). This is only reflected in the generated dependencies. While it should really be fixed, it's not a showstopper. After the installation, trying to run it causes a segfault: $ gis-demo ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisPrefs: new - (null), (null) ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisPrefs: class_init ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisPrefs: init ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisPrefs: new - Trying GIS defaults ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisPrefs: new - Unable to load key file `/home/neo/.config/libgis/config.ini': No such file or directory ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisPrefs: new - using /home/neo/.config/libgis/config.ini ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisPlugins: new - dir=(null) ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisOpenGL: new ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisViewer: class_init ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisOpenGL: class_init ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisViewer: init ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisOpenGL: init ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: RoamSphere: new - 0x8aaf600 edge=90,00,0,00,90,00,0,00 ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: RoamSphere: new - 0x8aaf6e8 edge=90,00,0,00,180,00,90,00 ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: RoamSphere: new - 0x8aaf7d0 edge=90,00,0,00,-90,00,-180,00 ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: RoamSphere: new - 0x8aa93a0 edge=90,00,0,00,0,00,-90,00 ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: RoamSphere: new - 0x8aa9488 edge=0,00,-90,00,90,00,0,00 ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: RoamSphere: new - 0x8aa9570 edge=0,00,-90,00,180,00,90,00 ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: RoamSphere: new - 0x8aa9658 edge=0,00,-90,00,-90,00,-180,00 ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: RoamSphere: new - 0x8aa9740 edge=0,00,-90,00,0,00,-90,00 ** (gis-demo:23376): DEBUG: GisOpenGL: on_configure Segmentation fault $ Here's the gdb backtrace so that you can check: http://www.hanskalabs.net/tmp/libgis-gdb.txt Kindly, David -- . ''`. Debian developer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 | http://deb.li/dapal `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:01:32 +0100, David Paleino wrote:
On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:24:01 +, Andy Spencer wrote:
Thanks for the comments so far, I've posted an updated set of packages
to mentors.debian.net, here's a quick list of changes (I may be
forgetting a few):
[..]
[..]
I was forgetting. In libgis-doc, I can't see the use of a versioned
Recommends. If you really want it, please use (= ${source:Version}).
Have a nice day,
David
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Re: RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
On 2010-11-15 09:01, David Paleino wrote:
If you want it to be in Debian GIS, a couple more changes are needed. In
debian/control, please set Debian GIS Project
pkg-grass-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org as Maintainer, and put yourself in
Uploaders field.
Sounds good
Unrelated to Debian GIS: always in debian/control, libgis-doc Recommends
libgis0. I know someone suggested it on this list, but why? Recommends are
installed by default, and that package is meant to provide documentation, so
I'd rather Suggest libgis-dev. That's IMHO though.
libgis-dev sounds better actually, I think I'll do some more reading
about how exactly the Recommends/Suggests works too.
Also, you have changes stored in debian/patches/debian-changes-0.4.2-1 .
Please
make so that patch doesn't appear. Usually, you want to avoid direct changes
to
the upstream source, but rather you want to use quilt(1).
(Tip: that patch creates two autotools-related files. If you want to get rid
of
them, add them to debian/clean, and they'll be removed during the clean
target)
That's exactly what I want, thanks :)
Also, a symbols file is missing. Did you choose not to include one, or just
forgot it? :-)
To generate one, I'd suggest using (after a fakeroot debian/rules install):
$ dpkg-gensymbols -plibgis0 | sed -e 's/0.4.2-1/0.4.2/' | patch -p0
And then move the new_symbols_file to debian/libgis0.symbols.
I think I'll avoid including a symbols file for now.
You have an examples/ directory. Why don't you install them? I'd put it in
debian/libgis-dev.examples .
After compiling it, I see that only a gis-demo is present in libgis-bin. I
thought at something more... useful? :-)
It might make sense to drop that binary package at all, and put the sources of
this gis-demo in libgis-dev.examples.
I'll have to think a little more about putting gis-demo in examples, to
some extent it is a usable program, just not a very fancy one. I think
I'll look into how .examples is used in other packages before making a
decision as well.
As for the examples/ directory, that name is probably little misleading,
they're not so much examples as test programs. E.g. there's one that
tests loading OpenGL textures with different texture parameters.
However, the examples/plugin/, src/gis-test.c, and possible
src/tile-test.c fit the definition of examples a little better.
I suppose my directory structure could use some clean-up at some point,
but that can wait until another day :)
Note: it looks like some of the examples/ files didn't get included in
the .tar.gz because they weren't mentioned in any Makefile.am.
Quoting your other mail:
Also, this is slightly unrelated, but do you know why I get a lot of
errors of the form:
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libfoo.so.0 could be avoided if
debian/libgis0/usr/lib/libgis0/map.so ... were not uselessly linked
against it (they use none of its symbols).
I've tried using -Wl,--as-needed hopping it would prevent these
warnings, but it doesn't seem to make any difference.
Those are generally harmful.
You should check what's actually being linked, and if you're using any
function
from those libraries (i.e. check what -l... are being passed to gcc).
This is only reflected in the generated dependencies. While it should really
be fixed, it's not a showstopper.
It looks like a lot of Glib/GTK/X11 stuff, atk, fontconfig, gio, libICE,
libX11, etc. I think it's caused by how autotools/libtool/pkg-config
figures out dependencies. libtool tries to link it against _everything_
even when I only use functions from a couple of them. Here's a list of
the warnings if you're interested: http://vpaste.net/pRIlT
After the installation, trying to run it causes a segfault:
$ gis-demo
...
Thanks for the bug report :)
I'm guessing it could be affected by OpenGL drivers (I'm using the
binary NVidia drivers). In any case I'll take a closer look at your
backtrace during the next couple days reply to that separately.
Quoting your other mail:
I was forgetting. In libgis-doc, I can't see the use of a versioned
Recommends. If you really want it, please use (= ${source:Version}).
Sounds good
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Re: RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
Thanks for the comments so far, I've posted an updated set of packages to mentors.debian.net, here's a quick list of changes (I may be forgetting a few): - Added an ITP bug #603393 - Changed libgis-doc to arch:all - Converted debian/copyright to DEP-5 format - Removed .a files from libgis-dev.install - Fixed lintian errors (one info message left for no-symbols-control-file) - Removed ChangeLog from debian/docs - Improved library versioning - Renamed libgis package to libgis0 - Added -version-info to libgis.so - Moved plugins from /usr/lib/gis/ to /usr/lib/libgis0/ - Improved debian/control - Removed incorrect VCS links - Improved package descriptions - libgis-bin depends on shlibs:Depends not individual libraries - libgis-dev suggests libigs-doc - libgis-doc recommends libgis0 I also set up a git repository on my local machine for storing the Debian files using git-buildpackage. As David suggested, I would like to host them as part of the pkg-grass project and am looking into getting a repository on Alioth. Note, the new packages are called 0.4.2 instead of 0.4.1. These include a few changes to libgis to accommodate Debian packaging. I'm waiting for all the Debian changes to be finished before pushing a tag to libgis' git mirrors though. pgpzPPEptO62h.pgp Description: PGP signature
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On 2010-11-13 11:27, Benoît Knecht wrote:
- In debian/docs, remove the ChangeLog entry; it is installed and
gzipped automatically.
Fixed.
- You should delete debian/lintian.txt (after reading it :-) ).
Fixed.
- In debian/control, libgis-bin should depend on ${shlibs:Depends}
instead of listing all the libraries explicitly. And I don't think
libgis-doc should Depend on libgis (but it could Recommend it, and
libgis could Suggest libgis-doc).
Fixed, I set libgis-dev to suggest libgis-doc and libgis-doc to
recommend libgis0.
Also, this is slightly unrelated, but do you know why I get a lot of
errors of the form:
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libfoo.so.0 could be avoided if
debian/libgis0/usr/lib/libgis0/map.so ... were not uselessly linked
against it (they use none of its symbols).
I've tried using -Wl,--as-needed hopping it would prevent these
warnings, but it doesn't seem to make any difference.
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Re: RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
Hi Andy, Andy Spencer wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for my package libgis. * Package name: libgis Version : 0.4.1-1 Upstream Author : Andy Spencer (myself) * URL : http://lug.rose-hulman.edu/code/projects/libgis/wiki * License : GPL-3+ Section : science It builds these binary packages: libgis - A Virtual Globe library libgis-bin - Example programs for libgis libgis-dev - Development files for libgis libgis-doc - HTML documentation for libgis I didn't really look at your package yet, but I just wanted to point out that you're not closing any bugs with this release. You're supposed to file a bug against WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) and note in the debian/changelog entry that this package would be closing that bug. See [1] for details about the procedure. [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ 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/20101113092203.ga3...@debian.lan
Re: RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
Hello Andy, apart from Benoît's remark, which is correct, here are some comments: On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:19:39 +, Andy Spencer wrote: * Package name: libgis Version : 0.4.1-1 Upstream Author : Andy Spencer (myself) * URL : http://lug.rose-hulman.edu/code/projects/libgis/wiki * License : GPL-3+ Section : science It builds these binary packages: libgis - A Virtual Globe library libgis-bin - Example programs for libgis libgis-dev - Development files for libgis libgis-doc - HTML documentation for libgis IMHO, the name of your project is rather too generic (libgis). It should be changed to something more descriptive, but that's your choice as upstream at the end. Apart from this, you're very welcome to maintain it under the Debian GIS Team umbrella. To join us, please join the pkg-grass [0] project on alioth.debian.org. [0]: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-grass/ Here are some comments: - In debian/control, you misinterpreted the meaning of Vcs-* fields. Those should point to the location where the Debian packaging is kept, while you pointed at the upstream repository. You can choose to maintain the debian/ dir there as well, or host it on Alioth within the Debian GIS Team (which would be better for team-maintainance). - Library packaging in Debian has to follow certain policies. The binary package you're producing should be named libgisSONAME (i.e. libgis0, or similar). This ensures that any dependant package depends on the correct version of the library. - Why is libgis-doc an arch:any package? I didn't check its contents, but I suspect it should be arch:all. ;) - You might want to use DEP-5 format for your debian/copyright. Read more at http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/ . It's entirely optional, and it won't be a stopper if you leave it like it is now. - In libgis-dev.install , please avoid installing *.a files. We (as Debian) are deprecating them, and installing them in a brand new package is a bad thing. - Your package doesn't seem to be lintian clean ;-) -- you pasted lintian's output in debian/lintian.txt, and there it clearly says to a) close an ITP bug and b) use a proper name for the binary (point 2 of my comments). Next time please read it ;) - Always in the lintian warning, it says you're missing a symbols file. Since it's a C project, I strongly suggest you to make one (I personally dislike C++ symbols files, but that's just me). Please read more at http://wiki.debian.org/UsingSymbolsFiles Please re-ping me once you fixed all this, or if you have any doubt/question. Thank you for your work, David -- . ''`. Debian developer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 | http://deb.li/dapal `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
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Hi Andy,
Andy Spencer wrote:
I am looking for a sponsor for my package libgis.
* Package name: libgis
Version : 0.4.1-1
Upstream Author : Andy Spencer (myself)
* URL : http://lug.rose-hulman.edu/code/projects/libgis/wiki
* License : GPL-3+
Section : science
It builds these binary packages:
libgis - A Virtual Globe library
libgis-bin - Example programs for libgis
libgis-dev - Development files for libgis
libgis-doc - HTML documentation for libgis
I had a closer look at your package, and additionally to David's
comments, I noticed the following:
- In debian/control, libgis-bin should depend on ${shlibs:Depends}
instead of listing all the libraries explicitly. And I don't think
libgis-doc should Depend on libgis (but it could Recommend it, and
libgis could Suggest libgis-doc).
- In debian/docs, remove the ChangeLog entry; it is installed and
gzipped automatically.
- You should delete debian/lintian.txt (after reading it :-) ).
Cheers,
--
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Re: RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
On 2010-11-13 10:21, Benoît Knecht wrote: I didn't really look at your package yet, but I just wanted to point out that you're not closing any bugs with this release. You're supposed to file a bug against WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) and note in the debian/changelog entry that this package would be closing that bug. See [1] for details about the procedure. Thanks, I've filed bug #603393 [1], added it to debian/changelog, and noted it in the comment field on mentors.debian.net. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=603393 pgpEN3Cag7NuN.pgp Description: PGP signature
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On 2010-11-13 10:58, David Paleino wrote: IMHO, the name of your project is rather too generic (libgis). It should be changed to something more descriptive, but that's your choice as upstream at the end. Apart from this, you're very welcome to maintain it under the Debian GIS Team umbrella. To join us, please join the pkg-grass [0] project on alioth.debian.org. [0]: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-grass/ I've never been good with names :) I agree that it is a little generic, but I would rather leave it the way it is. I can't find any conflicts in Contents-i386 and googling for libgis seems to indicate that it's a fairly unique name, apart from a subsection of GRASS. Maintaining it under the Debian GIS Team would be nice. That website looks pretty GRASS-specific though, would it be suitable for a non-GRASS related package? - In debian/control, you misinterpreted the meaning of Vcs-* fields. Those should point to the location where the Debian packaging is kept, while you pointed at the upstream repository. You can choose to maintain the debian/ dir there as well, or host it on Alioth within the Debian GIS Team (which would be better for team-maintainance). Oops, I've removed the links for now and will add proper links once version control is set up for the debian files. Alioth seems like a good place, I'll look into how that works. - Why is libgis-doc an arch:any package? I didn't check its contents, but I suspect it should be arch:all. ;) Fixed :) - You might want to use DEP-5 format for your debian/copyright. Read more at http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/ . It's entirely optional, and it won't be a stopper if you leave it like it is now. That looks like a nice format, I've change debian/copyright accordingly. - In libgis-dev.install , please avoid installing *.a files. We (as Debian) are deprecating them, and installing them in a brand new package is a bad thing. Removed. - Your package doesn't seem to be lintian clean ;-) -- you pasted lintian's output in debian/lintian.txt, and there it clearly says to a) close an ITP bug and b) use a proper name for the binary (point 2 of my comments). Next time please read it ;) The first lintian file I generated was actually much bigger ;) a) Fixed now (per Benoît's email) #603393 for reference b) I wanted to discuss this one a little further before trying to correct it. (See below) Another point of interest is that mentors.debian.net says: intian warnings: none intian errors: none Even though there were some warnings. I copied the `lintian clean' message from the template it generated, but I'm not sure if it generated the `lintian clean' part or if that was hard coded. - Library packaging in Debian has to follow certain policies. The binary package you're producing should be named libgisSONAME (i.e. libgis0, or similar). This ensures that any dependant package depends on the correct version of the library. - Always in the lintian warning, it says you're missing a symbols file. Since it's a C project, I strongly suggest you to make one (I personally dislike C++ symbols files, but that's just me). Please read more at http://wiki.debian.org/UsingSymbolsFiles (I wanted to address these comments together) Personally, I'm not too concerned with the symbols file, or library versioning at all for that matter. Now, I had better clarify before someone bashes me with the libtool manual ;) As I mentioned in my initial email, libgis was developed to support another program called AWeather. Since AWeather is the only program that currently uses libgis and it depends on the latest version anyway, I don't expect there to be very many issues with library versioning. That being said, if/when I hear about other people wanting to use libgis in their own programs (which I hope they will) I will start caring much more about library versioning, a stable API, etc. Anyway, I suspect some library versioning will be required, but I think doing as little as possible would (for now) be the most efficient way to go. Does this sound correct for package names, or can I do without the 0.4? - libgis-0.4-0 - libgis-0.4-dev - libgis-0.4-bin - libgis-0.4-doc (using -version-info 0:0:0 -release 0.4.1) Thanks for all the comments. I'll build and post another set of packages this evening with these (and other) changes. pgp4iRhkm18jD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:20:23 +, Andy Spencer wrote: On 2010-11-13 10:58, David Paleino wrote: IMHO, the name of your project is rather too generic (libgis). It should be changed to something more descriptive, but that's your choice as upstream at the end. Apart from this, you're very welcome to maintain it under the Debian GIS Team umbrella. To join us, please join the pkg-grass [0] project on alioth.debian.org. [0]: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-grass/ I've never been good with names :) I agree that it is a little generic, but I would rather leave it the way it is. I can't find any conflicts in Contents-i386 and googling for libgis seems to indicate that it's a fairly unique name, apart from a subsection of GRASS. Maintaining it under the Debian GIS Team would be nice. That website looks pretty GRASS-specific though, would it be suitable for a non-GRASS related package? Yes. The team is named pkg-grass mainly for historical reasons, now it maintains all sorts of GIS-related software -- from GRASS to OpenStreetMap things. - In debian/control, you misinterpreted the meaning of Vcs-* fields. Those should point to the location where the Debian packaging is kept, while you pointed at the upstream repository. You can choose to maintain the debian/ dir there as well, or host it on Alioth within the Debian GIS Team (which would be better for team-maintainance). Oops, I've removed the links for now and will add proper links once version control is set up for the debian files. Alioth seems like a good place, I'll look into how that works. If you join pkg-grass, you could ssh into alioth and do: $ cd /git/pkg-grass/ $ ./setup-repository libgis 'some description' After that, you can use git.debian.org/git/pkg-grass/libgis.git as remote in your packaging repository. Most (if not all) of the packages there use the git-buildpackage layout -- you might want to read about git-import-origin, git-import-dsc and git-buildpackage. [..] - Your package doesn't seem to be lintian clean ;-) -- you pasted lintian's output in debian/lintian.txt, and there it clearly says to a) close an ITP bug and b) use a proper name for the binary (point 2 of my comments). Next time please read it ;) The first lintian file I generated was actually much bigger ;) a) Fixed now (per Benoît's email) #603393 for reference b) I wanted to discuss this one a little further before trying to correct it. (See below) Ack. Another point of interest is that mentors.debian.net says: intian warnings: none intian errors: none Even though there were some warnings. I copied the `lintian clean' message from the template it generated, but I'm not sure if it generated the `lintian clean' part or if that was hard coded. Well, no. AFAICT, mentors.debian.net doesn't use sid's lintian -- while a maintainer should always use that one. - Library packaging in Debian has to follow certain policies. The binary package you're producing should be named libgisSONAME (i.e. libgis0, or similar). This ensures that any dependant package depends on the correct version of the library. - Always in the lintian warning, it says you're missing a symbols file. Since it's a C project, I strongly suggest you to make one (I personally dislike C++ symbols files, but that's just me). Please read more at http://wiki.debian.org/UsingSymbolsFiles (I wanted to address these comments together) Personally, I'm not too concerned with the symbols file, or library versioning at all for that matter. Now, I had better clarify before someone bashes me with the libtool manual ;) Yeah. Such statements don't usually pass unpunished :-) As I mentioned in my initial email, libgis was developed to support another program called AWeather. Since AWeather is the only program that currently uses libgis and it depends on the latest version anyway, I don't expect there to be very many issues with library versioning. That being said, if/when I hear about other people wanting to use libgis in their own programs (which I hope they will) I will start caring much more about library versioning, a stable API, etc. Uploading a library in Debian, you're giving other users the chance to use it, and link against it. Even for private (as in not-published) projects. And breaking users' software for no reason isn't good ;) Anyway, I suspect some library versioning will be required, but I think doing as little as possible would (for now) be the most efficient way to go. Does this sound correct for package names, or can I do without the 0.4? - libgis-0.4-0 - libgis-0.4-dev - libgis-0.4-bin - libgis-0.4-doc Nope. What's required in the package name is the SONAME, which in your case is 0. So the packages should look like: - libgis0 - libgis-bin - libgis-dev - libgis-doc Why the SONAME is only on the shared library package? Because it's
RFS: libgis - virtual globe library
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package libgis. * Package name: libgis Version : 0.4.1-1 Upstream Author : Andy Spencer (myself) * URL : http://lug.rose-hulman.edu/code/projects/libgis/wiki * License : GPL-3+ Section : science It builds these binary packages: libgis - A Virtual Globe library libgis-bin - Example programs for libgis libgis-dev - Development files for libgis libgis-doc - HTML documentation for libgis The package appears to be lintian clean. My motivation for maintaining this package is: I am the primary developer (upstream) for this package and would like to make it easier to non-technical users to install and use. libgis is a Virtual Globe library which uses OpenGL to render an image of the earth using satellite and terrain data from publicly accessible servers. This is similar in concept to Google Earth and NASA World Wind, except implemented as a library. I am also working on a program called AWeather which I plan on packaging as well. The development of AWeather and libgis is closely tied and, as far as I know, aweather is currently the only program that uses libgis. Note: I am new to Debian and Debian packaging. This is my first attempt at putting a package together for libgis so it will probably need some work before it's all ready, especially since it's a library. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libgis - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libgis/libgis_0.4.1-1.dsc I would be glad if someone could review this package and provide advice on anything that needs to be improved, and eventually uploaded it for me as well. Kind regards Andy Spencer pgpYiUNmjW3Xo.pgp Description: PGP signature
