RFS: libnanoxml2-java

[Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik]

Hello!

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libnanoxml2-java", a small
XML parser for Java.

* Package name    : libnanoxml2-java
  Version         : 2.2.3.dfsg-4
  Upstream Author : Marc De Scheemaecker
* URL             : http://nanoxml.cyberelf.be/
* License         : zlib
  Section         : libs

It builds these binary packages:
libnanoxml2-java - small XML parser for Java
libnanoxml2-java-doc - documentation for libnanoxml2-java

The package appears to be lintian clean.

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libnanoxml2-java
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libnanoxml2-java/libnanoxml2-java_2.2.3.dfsg-4.dsc

I also have some questions:
 - I read that it was preferred to bump the changelog before each
upload to mentors. Will it be possible to shorten it and get it back
to 0 before the upload?
 - This is my first from scratch Debian package. Anything I could improve?

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me if it is good enough.

Kind regards
 Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik


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[Matthew Johnson-12]

On Thu Jul 17 17:31, Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik wrote:
> Hello!

Hi!

> The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
> - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libnanoxml2-java
> - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
> main contrib non-free
> - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libnanoxml2-java/libnanoxml2-java_2.2.3.dfsg-4.dsc

There seems to be a problem with the source package, I was getting
md5sum errors trying to dget that .dsc file.

> I also have some questions:
>  - I read that it was preferred to bump the changelog before each
> upload to mentors. Will it be possible to shorten it and get it back
> to 0 before the upload?

Well, back to 1, which is the first Debian-revision. It's not critical,
but I prefer changelog entries to correspond to Debian uploads.

>  - This is my first from scratch Debian package. Anything I could improve?
>
> I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me if it is good enough.
>

If you can check the md5sum package above I'll happily look it over and
sponsor.

Matt

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[Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik]

>> The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
>> - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libnanoxml2-java
>> - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
>> main contrib non-free
>> - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libnanoxml2-java/libnanoxml2-java_2.2.3.dfsg-4.dsc
>
> There seems to be a problem with the source package, I was getting
> md5sum errors trying to dget that .dsc file.
>
Hmm... Seems like an old version of the orig (I changed
get-orig-source) still was there. Fixed. The new upload can be found
by running dget
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libnanoxml2-java/libnanoxml2-java_2.2.3.dfsg-1.dsc

>> I also have some questions:
>>  - I read that it was preferred to bump the changelog before each
>> upload to mentors. Will it be possible to shorten it and get it back
>> to 0 before the upload?
>
> Well, back to 1, which is the first Debian-revision. It's not critical,
> but I prefer changelog entries to correspond to Debian uploads.
>
In the new upload I have gone back to 1. (That and the new orig is the
only change)

>>  - This is my first from scratch Debian package. Anything I could improve?
>>
>> I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me if it is good enough.
>>
>
> If you can check the md5sum package above I'll happily look it over and
> sponsor.
>
Thank you very much.

Sveinung


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[Matthew Johnson-12]

On Fri Jul 18 04:25, Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik wrote:
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libnanoxml2-java/libnanoxml2-java_2.2.3.dfsg-1.dsc
>
I've had a look at this and it looks pretty good, except you have:

 Suggests: nanoxml2-doc

but the package name is libnanoxml2-java-doc.

Other than that looks good.

Matt

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[Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik]

Hello!

Thank you for your feedback.

> I've had a look at this and it looks pretty good, except you have:
>
>  Suggests: nanoxml2-doc
>
> but the package name is libnanoxml2-java-doc.
>
Fixed.

By the way, should the copyright text from dh_helper be included in
debian/rules like it is now? (Lintian did not warn me about it so I
assumed it was OK)

A few potentian issues:
- Is it safe to do as I have done in debian/origCleaner.sh (using one
more parameter than uscan passes to tell set the tempdir from
get-orgi-source) or do I risk that uscan adds parameters without
notice? (If adding is the only risk I could pass the tempdir by the
second parameter instead and make it ignore it if it is the one uscan
sends)
- the pdf's in the orig.tar.gz violates debian policy (they could be
generated), or? (I am sorry. I had forgotten about them)

Sveinung


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[Matthew Johnson-12]

On Mon Jul 21 14:37, Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik wrote:
> By the way, should the copyright text from dh_helper be included in
> debian/rules like it is now? (Lintian did not warn me about it so I
> assumed it was OK)

Yeah, that's fine, and possibly required.

> - Is it safe to do as I have done in debian/origCleaner.sh (using one
> more parameter than uscan passes to tell set the tempdir from
> get-orgi-source) or do I risk that uscan adds parameters without
> notice? (If adding is the only risk I could pass the tempdir by the
> second parameter instead and make it ignore it if it is the one uscan
> sends)

Hmm, not sure. I think it's fine, given you'll update it if it breaks
uscan. It's not used in the real build process, so there's no real
problem with it breaking.

> - the pdf's in the orig.tar.gz violates debian policy (they could be
> generated), or? (I am sorry. I had forgotten about them)

You could strip them out with the jar. Since you are repacking the
tarball anyway, that's worth doing.

If you are installing them (which seems a good idea?) then you certainly
need to build them from source, but the latex files seem to be there.

Matt

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Matthew Johnson

[Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik]

>> - Is it safe to do as I have done in debian/origCleaner.sh (using one
>> more parameter than uscan passes to tell set the tempdir from
>> get-orgi-source) or do I risk that uscan adds parameters without
>> notice? (If adding is the only risk I could pass the tempdir by the
>> second parameter instead and make it ignore it if it is the one uscan
>> sends)
>
> Hmm, not sure. I think it's fine, given you'll update it if it breaks
> uscan. It's not used in the real build process, so there's no real
> problem with it breaking.
>

OK. Then I'll wait.

>> - the pdf's in the orig.tar.gz violates debian policy (they could be
>> generated), or? (I am sorry. I had forgotten about them)
>
> You could strip them out with the jar. Since you are repacking the
> tarball anyway, that's worth doing.
>
Agreed. The generated files (pdf, html and gif) are gone in this upload.

> If you are installing them (which seems a good idea?) then you certainly
> need to build them from source, but the latex files seem to be there.
>
The reason I did not install them is that the original source for an
image in the documentation for NanoXML-Java is a graffle file. I was
not able to find any free tool to build it. I could of course include
only the documentation for NanoXML-Lite or modify the documentation
for NanoXML-Java to not include the image if that is wanted.

Sveinung


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[Matthew Johnson-12]

Hi, sorry I've been silent for a while, I've been a bit busy.

Everything looks good now, and I'd be happy to upload, _but_:

you now have:

Suggests: nanoxml2-java-doc

whereas you actually want:

Suggests: libnanoxml2-java-doc

Matt

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[Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik]

> Everything looks good now, and I'd be happy to upload, _but_:
>
> you now have:
>
> Suggests: nanoxml2-java-doc
>
> whereas you actually want:
>
> Suggests: libnanoxml2-java-doc
>

Fixed and uploaded to mentors.

Thank you for your help.
Sveinung


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