[Pkg-octave-devel] Packaging octplot

[Rafa Rodriguez Galvan]

El mar, 06-12-2005 a las 04:08, Rafael Laboissiere escribió:
> [Shai: for the context of this message, please see:
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-octave-devel/2005-December/000850.html
> ]
> 
> * Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org> [2005-12-04 05:19]:
> 
> > 3) No-reentrancy: once the package has been build for the first time, it
> >    fails to build again yielding the following error message:
> >    
> >        chmod a+x /root/octplot/octplot-0.3.0/./configure
> >        chmod: cannot access `/root/octplot/octplot-0.3.0/./configure': No such file or directory
> > 
> >    This is totally reproducible here.  Is it the same for you?
> 
> I think I fixed this with my last SVN commit. 

> Please, take a look at the current status of the package.  If it is okay
> for you, I will soon fill the ITP bug report.

I've tested the package. The no-reentrancy problem seems solved, so i
think it is okay.

P.S.

I saw you changed to lowercase the first capital letter of the short
description. So I've looked at the developer's reference, and found
the reason: 'Since the synopsis is a clause, rather than a full
sentence, we recommend that it neither start with a capital'

By the way, reading the chapter 6.2 of the developer's reference,
I found some other recommendations:
1) 'Use "PostScript", not "Postscript" or "postscript"'. 
2) 'We recommend that you add the URL for the package's
   home page to the package description in debian/control'.

I suppose they are minor recommendations (most Debian packages
don't follow them, AFAIK). Anyway, do you think it is convenient that 
we apply them to Octplot and other DOG packages? 

-- 
Rafa Rodriguez Galvan.
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