Fluidsynth 1.1.2

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 08:31:48PM +0200, David Henningsson wrote:
>On 2010-09-12 12:32, Alessio Treglia wrote:
>>>dpkg-buildpackage: full upload; Debian-native package (full source is 
>>>included)
>>>Now running lintian...
>>>W: fluidsynth source: debian-watch-file-in-native-package
>>>W: fluidsynth source: native-package-with-dash-version
>>>How do I avoid that?
>>
>>By switching to format 3.0 (quilt) [1], which allows us to strip
>>upstream's debian directory without repacking the original tarball.
>
>Hmm, upstream (as in the original 1.1.2 tarball) does not have a 
>debian directory...?
>Second theory, can this be related to that I never updated the 
>changelog? I was unsure of how to that with git-dch and all these 
>semi-automatic tools expecting things to be in a certain way. (will 
>"dch -i" do?)

Yes, this explains why git-buildpackage failed to generate a tarball 
from upstream + pristine-tar branches, and then (due to the lack of a 
tarball) dpkg-buildpackage assumed it was a native package and generated 
a tarball including (as is normal for native packages) the debian dir.

And yes, a simple "dch", "dch -i" or "dch -r", possibly with some some 
hand-editing of the changelog file, should do the trick: The topmost 
changelog entry must have an upstream version matching what you want to 
build.


>>>Third, Squeeze is now frozen. Can this version still go into unstable, or
>>>does it have to go into experimental?
>>
>>I see several changes, so experimental would be the right place [2].
>
>There are several changes, although seen from my perspective, 1.1.2 
>contain quite important bug fixes, and I find it both more stable and 
>more tested than 1.1.1. Commenting on Launchpad bug #636473, I'm all 
>for having 1.1.2 in Maverick.

What could help is to file bugreports against the package currently 
targeted testing, and then tag those bugs as closed by the newer 
release.  That is the easiest way to help the release team judge if an 
exception should be made for this package.


Kind regards,

  - Jonas

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