[Pkg-octave-commit] [SCM] Debian packaging for octave-pkg-dev branch, master, updated. af7b13bd41f5fbf57100e2142a7de12fb81b3389

[Thomas Weber]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit f5ae2c98c831d65497273a7e0fdc06731a84fd38
Author: Thomas Weber <tweber at debian.org>
Date:   Thu Feb 16 15:59:35 2012 +0100

    Update README file

diff --git a/README b/README
index cbeb4ac..5daa132 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ octave-pkg-dev and add the following line to debian/rules:
 
     include /usr/share/octave/debian/octave-pkg-dev.mk
 
-Also, build-depend on debhelper (>= 6) and cdbs, and add a
-debian/compat file containing "6".
+Also, build-depend on debhelper and cdbs.
 
 Add ${octave:Depends} to the Depends field of the package in
-debian/control.
+debian/control. This ensures that dependencies in upstream's DESCRIPTION file
+are copied into debian/control.
 
 A get-orig-source target is also transparently provided.  It works
 only for the packages distributed by the octave-forge project at
 SourceForge [1].  If the upstream pkg does not come from SourceForge,
-the developer can defined its own get-orig-source rule (do not forget
+the developer can define its own get-orig-source rule (do not forget
 to use a double-colon for the target).  To avoid the octave-pkg-dev
 specific rule to run, defined "SOURCEFORGE = NO" in debian/rules.
 
@@ -32,13 +32,12 @@ In order to have octave-pkg-dev working properly, it is necessary that
 the binary package is named "octave-something" in debian/control.
 
 Automatic running of unit tests is provided.  This is done by
-inspecting the .m files under the debian directory after the package
-is built and detecting those containing "%!test" and/or "%!assert"
+inspecting the .m and .cc files under the debian directory after the package is
+built and detecting those containing "%!test" and/or "%!assert"
 directives.  Additional tests not contained in the upstream source
 files may be put in debian/check.m.
 
 The clean target follows the convention of CDBS.  For specifying it,
 use the DEB_MAKE_CLEAN_TARGET variable.  Its default value is "-C src clean".
 
-
- -- Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org>, Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:36:22 +0200
+ -- Thomas Weber <tweber at debian.org> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:55:15 +0100

-- 
Debian packaging for octave-pkg-dev