Tormod Volden wrote: > 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.
Hi Tormod, of course, I'm interested on getting help with xscreensaver, I've been working on it but very slow because of my studies. > > 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? No, I'm the only maintainer right now. Would you like proposed changes > as simple diffs or debdiffs? Simple diffs, or better in a git/svn (I haven't work with any of these so I'm ok with learning any of this two). Or do it your own way? Would you like to > have separate bugs filed for every task mentioned below? It's not necessary, I believe this could be kept in wiki.d.o easily. :-) > > * 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. I used dpatch just because was the simplest and fastest way to implement, I'm ok with changing the patch system if is easier for you. 00_maindiffwithorig.patch is the easier way to migrate from the old way to maintain xscreensaver. > > * 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. It's not autogenerated, should be shipped in `debian/` and copied at build time but I haven't done this (don't now yet why, maybe I've forgotten this), anyway I didn't used this in the last release (5.04-1). > > * 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/. This file is shipped with the original tarball. > > * xpm files are modified: are they used at all? They are patched and used again for icons. > > * American "slang" in po/Makefile.in.in from some angry person, not > necessary to spread around. They are patched :-). > > * http://lintian.debian.org/reports/mJose_Luis_Rivas.html#xscreensaver > - wrong man page section This is because of the `6x`. Why? Some mans overwrites the manpages of some games. > - invalid icon/desktop sections This is because makes a new entry in the menues, but this is ok. > > Looking forward to hearing your comments. > Best regards, > Tormod Volden > Regards, Jose Luis. -- ghostbar on debian linux 'sid' 2.6.22 x86_64-SMP - #382503 Weblog: http://ghostbar.ath.cx/ - http://linuxtachira.org http://debian.org.ve - irc.debian.org #debian-ve #debian-devel-es San Cristóbal, Venezuela. http://chaslug.org.ve GPG: 0xCACAB118
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