[libtext-bidi-perl] 01/01: add my TODO items -- sorry for the duplicates

gregor herrmann gregoa at debian.org
Thu Sep 19 18:27:19 UTC 2013


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commit d4886720c9276dbc347a01c1becf06fb29ef6033
Author: gregor herrmann <gregoa at debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 19 20:26:48 2013 +0200

    add my TODO items -- sorry for the duplicates
    
    (too lazy to merge them …)
    
    Git-Dch: Ignore
---
 debian/changelog |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5309c3a..22d2173 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 libtext-bidi-perl (2.02-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   TODO:
+  [fsfs]
   - if renaming /usr/bin/fribidi.pl, please also adjust the name and
     content of the manpage (this will need a patch to the pod; and perhaps ask
     upstream if they're willing to follow along?) -- BUT:
@@ -25,6 +26,31 @@ libtext-bidi-perl (2.02-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     upstream version using 'git-import-orig --uscan --pristine-tar' from the
     git-buildpackage package.
 
+  [gregoa]
+  - the pristine-tar branch doesn't contain the 2.02-1 data
+  - d/changelog: please sort chronologically and cleanup obsolete intermediate
+    entries
+  - please add a debian/NEWS file pointing out the backward incompatibility
+    (as mentioned in Changes and README)
+  - (cosmetic) using variables (as in
+    http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/debhelper.html#note_on_paths)
+    makes the commands nicer to read
+  - git rm -r debian/patches # empty
+    (or maybe not, see below)
+  - lintian:
+    libtext-bidi-perl source: vcs-field-not-canonical git://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-perl/packages/libtext-bidi-perl.git git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-perl/packages/libtext-bidi-perl.git
+  - lintian:
+    P: libtext-bidi-perl: copyright-refers-to-symlink-license usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
+  - lintian:
+    W: libtext-bidi-perl: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/fribidi
+    there is a manpage but it has the wrong name; only renaming the script in
+    debian/rules but not the manpage is not enough :)
+    and then the POD talks about fribidi.pl which needs to be fixed as well,
+    either in a patch or maybe easier via some sed call in debian/rules
+    (cf. the above mentioned debhelper.html page)
+    [but see above what fsfs wrote about libfribidi-bin]
+
+
   [ أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) ]
   * New upstream release.
   * Dropped fribid_new.diff patch, since upstream switched to new fribidi

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