On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 12:39 AM Phil Wyett <philip.wy...@kathenas.org> wrote: > > On Fri, 2024-06-21 at 00:15 -0300, Leandro Cunha wrote: > > > Hi Leandro, > > > These reviews are done to assist the submitter to mentors about issues > > > they may > > > wish to look at. Maintaining a package is an evolution of it via updates, > > > changes, bugs, security and deep dives etc. making the package for Debian > > > in > > > conjunction with upstream the best it can be for the end user. > > > > > > The lintian issues raised can be looked at over time to see if they are > > > valid > > > and rectified where necessary, I stated as much. > > > The inconsistencies seen in the 'debian/copyright' versus the upstream > > > files > > > themselves needs to be investigated and IMHO rectified immediately where > > > required. A larger audit of the 'debian/copyright' can be undertaken over > > > time > > > to see if what is contained is correct and make any changes/additions if > > > needed. > > > > > > At the end of the day, it is the decision of a Debian Developer (DD) if > > > the > > > package is to be uploaded, in whatever condition that may be. > > > > Your messages are arriving cut off and I even made a mistake in the > > previous message because of this. Avoid very long emails. A search was > > carried out in the last few hours on the packaging and some problems > > as mentioned in the previous email were detected in the copyright file > > and this is very important (so much so that it is already being > > resolved and I called a DD to talk about it, as this is the last one > > who reviewed the latest changes to this file). Anyway, I keep > > reviewing the package in my spare time looking for problems. This was > > done because I have already seen lost packages orphaned several times > > with this problem and this is not uncommon. Anyone uploading packages > > regardless of who they are should pay attention to the details to > > avoid this. > > > > Hi Leandro, > > I see an issue on the mentors mailing list of my emails not being processed > correctly. They are fine on all other lists a Bug Tracking System (BTS) email > goes to. I shall not be sending shorter emails. >
But you send the email to BTS knowing that there is a processing problem and ignore the suggestion to send shorter emails that could help avoid this. I didn't see the rest of the email and had to access BTS to see if what I received was exactly the same content. -- Cheers, Leandro Cunha
