Bug#726512: RFS: freexl/1.0.0f-1

[Bas Couwenberg]

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

As part of the upcoming SpatiaLite transition am I looking for a sponsor for
my package "freexl".

Please refer to the thread on debian-gis@ for more information on this
transition: https://lists.debian.org/debian-gis/2013/10/msg00009.html

 Package name    : freexl
 Version         : 1.0.0f-1
 Upstream Author : Alessandro Furieri <a.furieri at lqt.it>
 URL             : https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/freexl/
 License         : MPL-1.1 or GPL-2.0+ or LGPL-2.1+
 Section         : libs

It builds those binary packages:

 libfreexl-dev - library for direct reading of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets - devel
 libfreexl1 - library for direct reading of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
 libfreexl1-dbg - library for direct reading of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets - debug

To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL:

http://mentors.debian.net/package/freexl


Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:

  dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/freexl/freexl_1.0.0f-1.dsc

More information about FreeXL can be obtained from https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/freexl/.

Changes since the last upload:

* New upstream version.
* Add myself to Uploaders.
* Update watch file, handle common mistakes.
* Use dh-autoreconf for retooling.
* Update Homepage URL.
* Use canonical URLs for Vcs-* fields.
* Multi-Arch: same dev and dbg packages.
* Add lintian overrides for no upstream changelog, link to upstream timeline.
* Update copyright file.
* Move maintenance from collab-maint to pkg-grass.


Regards,
 Sebastiaan Couwenberg