RFS: gem (updated package) [3rd try]

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

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Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1:0.92.1-1
of my package "gem".

It builds these binary packages:
gem        - Graphics Environment for Multimedia - PureData library

The package appears to be lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 485972, 546956, 549720
As gem is currently an orphaned package, i would volunteer to maintain
this package in the future,

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gem
- - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gem/gem_0.92.1-1.dsc

Thanks to Barry for reviewing the package and hinting at some problems /
helping me to fix more bugs...

I would still be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

In the meantime i would also be thankful for reviews/comments/gifts/...


Kind regards
 IOhannes m zmölnig
       
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[Barry deFreese-3]

IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:

> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1:0.92.1-1
> of my package "gem".
>
> It builds these binary packages:
> gem        - Graphics Environment for Multimedia - PureData library
>
> The package appears to be lintian clean.
>
> The upload would fix these bugs: 485972, 546956, 549720
> As gem is currently an orphaned package, i would volunteer to maintain
> this package in the future,
>
> The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
> - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gem
> - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
> main contrib non-free
> - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gem/gem_0.92.1-1.dsc
>
> Thanks to Barry for reviewing the package and hinting at some problems /
> helping me to fix more bugs...
>
> I would still be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.
>
> In the meantime i would also be thankful for reviews/comments/gifts/...
>
>
> Kind regards
>  IOhannes m zmölnig
>

IOhannes,

Couple of minor issues left:

bdefreese@bddebian3:~/debian/gem/gem-0.92.1$ lintian -I
/home/bdefreese/pbuild-unstable/result/gem_0.92.1-1_i386.changes
I: gem source: debian-watch-file-is-missing
I: gem: arch-dep-package-has-big-usr-share 2060kB 32%
W: gem: menu-command-not-in-package /usr/share/menu/gem:5 /usr/bin/pd
W: gem: wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog usr/share/doc/gem/ChangeLog.gz
W: gem: debian-changelog-line-too-long line 5

Thanks,

Barry


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[IOhannes m zmölnig]

On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 09:51:08PM -0500, Barry deFreese wrote:
> Couple of minor issues left:
>
> W: gem: menu-command-not-in-package /usr/share/menu/gem:5 /usr/bin/pd

hmm, Gem is a plugin for pure-data on which it depends;
the menu-command will start Pd with the gem activated.

is the proper way to handle this to create a shall-script (e.g.
/usr/bin/pd-gem) which than calls "/usr/bin/pd -lib Gem" (which is what
the menu-command now does directly) ?

> W: gem: wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog usr/share/doc/gem/ChangeLog.gz

how am i supposed to handle this?
the upstream changelog is called "ChangeLog".
should i create a patch that renames it to "changelog"?

the other issues are simpler to solve (i guess)

fgamdsrf
IOhannes


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[Darren Salt]

I demand that IOhannes m zmoelnig may or may not have written...

> On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 09:51:08PM -0500, Barry deFreese wrote:
>> Couple of minor issues left:
>> W: gem: menu-command-not-in-package /usr/share/menu/gem:5 /usr/bin/pd

> hmm, Gem is a plugin for pure-data on which it depends; the menu-command
> will start Pd with the gem activated.

> is the proper way to handle this to create a shall-script (e.g.
> /usr/bin/pd-gem) which than calls "/usr/bin/pd -lib Gem" (which is what the
> menu-command now does directly) ?

That would work. I would (a) use 'exec /usr/bin/pd -lib Gem' (no point in
keeping a shell instance around longer than is needed) and (b) put it
somewhere in /usr/share/gem (there's no reason that I can see why it should
need to be somewhere normally in $PATH).

Or you could use a lintian override.

>> W: gem: wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog usr/share/doc/gem/ChangeLog.gz

> how am i supposed to handle this?
> the upstream changelog is called "ChangeLog".
> should i create a patch that renames it to "changelog"?

Tell dh_installchangelogs about the file and it'll install it correctly for
you.

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[IOhannes m zmölnig]

Quoting "Barry deFreese" <bdefreese@...>:
> I: gem: arch-dep-package-has-big-usr-share 2060kB 32%

now what to do about that?
the source of the problem is a pdf-file in the documentation.

i guess once possible solution would be to create an arch-independent  
gem-doc package containing the documentation.

another one would be to just ignore it for now.


fgmafdr
IOhannes

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[Barry deFreese-3]

zmoelnig@... wrote:

> Quoting "Barry deFreese" <bdefreese@...>:
>> I: gem: arch-dep-package-has-big-usr-share 2060kB 32%
>
> now what to do about that?
> the source of the problem is a pdf-file in the documentation.
>
> i guess once possible solution would be to create an arch-independent
> gem-doc package containing the documentation.
>
> another one would be to just ignore it for now.
>
>
> fgmafdr
> IOhannes
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IOhannes,

Obviously the preferred method is to create an arch-indep doc package.  But
personally for such a small package I would sponsor even with that.  (I can't
speak for others though).

Thanks,

Barry


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[IOhannes m zmölnig]

hi all,

i finally have re-uploaded the new version of Gem, this time with
hopefully all the lintian warnings fixed, but one (see below).

Barry deFreese wrote:

> IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
>> Dear mentors,
>>
>> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1:0.92.1-1
>> of my package "gem".
>>
>> It builds these binary packages:
>> gem        - Graphics Environment for Multimedia - PureData library
>>
>> The package appears to be lintian clean.
>>
>> The upload would fix these bugs: 485972, 546956, 549720
>> As gem is currently an orphaned package, i would volunteer to maintain
>> this package in the future,
>>
>> The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
>> - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gem
>> - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
>> main contrib non-free
>> - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gem/gem_0.92.1-1.dsc
>>
>> Thanks to Barry for reviewing the package and hinting at some problems /
>> helping me to fix more bugs...
>>
>> I would still be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.
>>
>> In the meantime i would also be thankful for reviews/comments/gifts/...
>>
>>
>
> Couple of minor issues left:
>
> bdefreese@bddebian3:~/debian/gem/gem-0.92.1$ lintian -I
> /home/bdefreese/pbuild-unstable/result/gem_0.92.1-1_i386.changes
> I: gem source: debian-watch-file-is-missing

fixed.

> I: gem: arch-dep-package-has-big-usr-share 2060kB 32%

this is still the case, since Gem is a small package but "unfortunately"
comes with a big manual. (see the other posts in this thread for a
better explanation)

> W: gem: menu-command-not-in-package /usr/share/menu/gem:5 /usr/bin/pd

ok, fixed this by creating a tiny wrapper script /usr/bin/pd-gem which
is called from the menu.
this seemed to be simplest, with dh_fixperms fixing the permissions in
/usr/share/gem/ and then having lintian complain about a
script-not-being-executable.
added manpage for the script as well.

> W: gem: wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog usr/share/doc/gem/ChangeLog.gz

fixed.

> W: gem: debian-changelog-line-too-long line 5

fixed.

>
>

these are the remaining lintian warnings i get with pedantic/experimental:
> P: gem source: direct-changes-in-diff-but-no-patch-system
gem-0.92-1.tar.gz.cdbs-config_list

hmm, cdbs creates this file automatically; do i have to take extra
action to remove it?

> X: gem: spelling-error-in-binary ./usr/lib/pd/extra/Gem/Gem.pd_linux
treshold threshold

hmm, cannot really change this, as fixing the spelling mistakes would
break the API of the plugin



so long - hope to hear from you.

fgamsdr
IOhannes

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

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hi all.

i'm still looking forward to a response on this.
i know that all of you are busy doing other things, so i try not to be
too annoying and insistent.
however, i have no idea how long i should wait till i can consider
original my email to be forgotten.
after 10 days of waiting i have now decided to try it again:


Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1:0.92.1-1
of my package "gem".

It builds these binary packages:
gem        - Graphics Environment for Multimedia - PureData library

The package appears to be lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 485972, 546956, 549720

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gem
- - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gem/gem_0.92.1-1.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

Kind regards
 IOhannes m zmölnig
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[IOhannes m zmölnig]

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hi,

Barry deFreese wrote:
> IOhannes,
>
> Obviously the preferred method is to create an arch-indep doc package.  But
> personally for such a small package I would sponsor even with that.  (I can't
> speak for others though).
>

sorry to be so nagging, but either i get something wrong policy wise, or
my package seems to be uninteresting for any other potential sponsors.
at least that's the feeling i get from the (non-)replies at debian-mentors.

i interprete your email as if you were eventually willing to sponsor an
upload.
to the best of my knowledge, the package "gem" is now in a "clean" state
(no more lintian warnings; builds in a sid pbuilder environment)
is there anything more i can possibly do?
i don't want to become annoying to anybody, but i really want the
package to be updated in debian.

the same goes for the other package "puredata" which i uploaded to
mentors.debian.org.
"puredata" (along with SuperCollider (which seems to not be in debian
anymore) is probably the most important FLOSS realtime computer music
package use (at least if you go by references in "relevant" computer
music conferences - both academic and independent), so i guess it is
quite important (but of course this is my very subjective view) and
deserves (whatever that means) an update.
"gem" is probably the most well-known add-on to "puredata" allowing you
to do graphics in a realtime compositional context.

i'm wondering what would be the best way to keep it maintained in
debian. should i try and join the multimedia team?
should i try and nag the old maintainer (günter geiger) to sponsor the
package?

i'm really at a loss (and don't want to step on somebodies shoes).

fgmasdr
IOhannes
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[Felipe Sateler]

On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 22:24 +0100, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
> i'm wondering what would be the best way to keep it maintained in
> debian. should i try and join the multimedia team?
> should i try and nag the old maintainer (günter geiger) to sponsor the
> package?

You are more than welcome to join the pkg-multimedia project (which is
the alioth group name). However, there is a bit of a shortage of DD
manpower there too, so you may want to start by introducing yourself and
seeing the reactions on the list.
It does happen for some packages to be ready but not uploaded yet
because no DD is currently available in the team :(.

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