Package: xscreensaver Version: 5.04-1 Severity: minor
xscreensaver could need some packaging love. I would like to help with this, but I'll first open this bug to coordinate with others, and of course to know if the maintainer would be interested in this. The goal would be to clean up the diff.gz to make it is easier to maintain, merge with newer upstream and work with downstream (derivatives). Is the package maintained in svn or git? Would you like proposed changes as simple diffs or debdiffs? Or do it your own way? Would you like to have separate bugs filed for every task mentioned below? * A first task could be to break out the 00_maindiffwithorig.patch into separate patches. Now would be a good time to change the patch system, if ever. Is dpatch the preferred system? I am personally used to quilt from the X packages but have no strong opinion on it. * xscreensaver.svg: is this file autogenerated from one of the other files or is it new (derivative) artwork? In the former case it could maybe be generated at build time? In the latter case it could be mentioned in debian/copyright, and the file can be shipped in debian/ and be copied in at build time. * po/xscreensaver.pot I don't know much about .po and nls, but if this file is autogenerated, it could maybe be generated at build time? If not, this file could also be shipped in debian/. * xpm files are modified: are they used at all? * American "slang" in po/Makefile.in.in from some angry person, not necessary to spread around. * http://lintian.debian.org/reports/mJose_Luis_Rivas.html#xscreensaver - wrong man page section - invalid icon/desktop sections Looking forward to hearing your comments. Best regards, Tormod Volden -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-486 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages xscreensaver depends on: ii libatk1.0-0 1.20.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.7-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.4.10-1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.2-1 library to load .glade files at ru ii libglib2.0-0 2.14.4-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.2-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-14 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libpam0g 0.99.7.1-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpango1.0-0 1.18.3-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-1+b1 X11 Session Management library ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxml2 2.6.30.dfsg-3 GNOME XML library ii libxmu6 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxpm4 1:3.5.7-1 X11 pixmap library ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.2-1 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-1 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii libxxf86misc1 1:1.0.1-2 X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.1-2 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l ii netpbm 2:10.0-11 Graphics conversion tools Versions of packages xscreensaver recommends: ii libjpeg-progs 6b-14 Programs for manipulating JPEG fil ii perl [perl5] 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii wamerican [wordlist] 6-2.1 American English dictionary words ii xli 1.17.0+20061110-1 command line tool for viewing imag -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
