OK, thank you for your quick feedback. If the implementation is fundamentally flawed then I think I'll just leave it. Thank you for the links - I'll follow that approach if I try to add another package in the future.
Kind regards, Aidan Gallagher On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 1:33 PM Debian Bug Tracking System < ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the sponsorship-requests package: > > #1041612: RFS: dh-git/1.0 [ITP] > > It has been closed by Andrey Rakhmatullin <w...@wrar.name>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Andrey Rakhmatullin < > w...@wrar.name> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 1041612: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1041612 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Andrey Rakhmatullin <w...@wrar.name> > To: Aidan <aidg...@gmail.com>, 1041612-d...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:06:36 +0200 > Subject: Re: Bug#1041612: RFS: dh-git/1.0 [ITP] > On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 12:35:29PM +0100, Aidan wrote: > > Package: sponsorship-requests > > Severity: normal [important for RC bugs, wishlist for new packages] > > > > Dear mentors, > > > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "dh-git": > > > > * Package name : dh-git > > Version : 1.0 > > Upstream contact : Aidan Gallagher (aidg...@gmail.com) > > * URL : https://github.com/aidan-gallagher/dh-git > I don't think this works, because Debian packages don't include the > upstream Git repo. The implementation (modifying debian/control) is also > very wrong. So I'm closing this RFS and if you come with an implementation > that actually works you should ask for feedback on it before asking for > sponsorship. > > > To access further information about this package, please visit the > > following URL: > > (This text is from the template. The link does not work. I'm not sure > what > > I am meant to do here). > You were meant to follow https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers/ and > upload your package to mentors.debian.net. > Also as a part of that guide you would file an ITP bug report and would get > the same feedback on this software before starting to work on the > packaging for it. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aidan <aidg...@gmail.com> > To: sub...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:35:29 +0100 > Subject: RFS: dh-git/1.0 [ITP] > Package: sponsorship-requests > Severity: normal [important for RC bugs, wishlist for new packages] > > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "dh-git": > > * Package name : dh-git > Version : 1.0 > Upstream contact : Aidan Gallagher (aidg...@gmail.com) > * URL : https://github.com/aidan-gallagher/dh-git > * License : LGPL-2.0+ > * Vcs : g...@github.com:aidan-gallagher/dh-git.git > Section : [fill in] > > The source builds the following binary packages: > > * dh_git - embed git version data into debian package metadata > * dh_git_clean - undo changes by dh_git > > To access further information about this package, please visit the > following URL: > (This text is from the template. The link does not work. I'm not sure what > I am meant to do here). > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/dh-git/ > > Alternatively, you can download the package with 'dget' using this command: > > dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/h/hello/dh-git_1.0.dsc > > Changes since the last upload: > > * Initial Release. > > Regards, >
