[Pkg-octave-devel] Filing ITPs for the octave-forge pkgs

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail at gmail.com> [2008-02-28 12:16]:

> Am Donnerstag, den 28.02.2008, 11:44 +0100 schrieb Rafael Laboissiere:
> > * Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail at gmail.com> [2008-02-28 11:23]:
> > 
> > > Generally yes, although I have some doubts regarding CDBS for the -forge
> > > packages.
> > 
> > Could you please tell me which are your doubts?
> 
> I think CDBS-using packages should have short (only a few lines)
> debian/rules files. Otherwise, the advantage of CDBS is completely lost:
> debian/rules is not simple anymory *and* difficult to understand: why
> exactly is hook XYZ needed and what does it do ...

Sorry, I do not understand what you mean.  According to my proposal, the
debian/rules files of the octave-forge packages will have only one line
(Besides the shebang, blank, and comment lines). For instance, the
octave-combinatorics package currently in SVN [1] contains:

###################################################
#!/usr/bin/make -f
# -*- makefile -*-

include /usr/share/octave/debian/octave-pkg-dev.mk
###################################################

Am I missing something in what you wrote?

> > > I also think we should check the description template with
> > > debian-l10n-english. If there are no objections, I'll take that part.
> > 
> > Which description template are you referring to?
> 
> itp.tmpl

Oh, this is just a template for the ITP bug reports.  The "long description"
is just an general explanation for the ITP and will not appear in the
debian/control files of the octave-forge packages.  This file will be used
once for filing the bug report and then never more.

-- 
Rafael