rfs: vim-debugger-dbgp

[James Vega]

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 04:20:02PM +0200, Thomas Koch wrote:
> I just uploaded my first debian package to mentors. It's a debugger for
> the dbgp protocol, which is only tested with PHP so far, but could
> potentially also be used with other scripting languages.
> 
> Maybe someone would like to help me getting the packaging right.
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/v/vim-debugger-dbgp/

First, I'd suggest also sending a message to the debian-mentors list[0],
as there are likely more people listening on that list that could help
you with general packaging cleanup or are more available for acting as a
sponsor.

From a quick glance at your package, there are a couple of problems that
I can see.

The package is currently a "native" package.  Even though you're both
the upstream author and the maintainer of the package, I'd recommend
against making it a native package.  Instead, the upstream source (your
master branch) should be contained in vim-debugger-dbgp_0.2.orig.tar.gz
(the name is important) and the package version should be 0.2-1.
git-buildpackage[1] can help with building directly out of a git
repository.

The package is using "3.0 (native)" format, which isn't supported by the
archive tools.  You should leave off the "Format" field from
debian/control so the package is built using the "1.0" format which is
the only format currently supported.

On the positive side of things, I see you created the proper yaml file
to register the plugin with vim-addon-manager instead of installing the
plugin into Vim's default runtimepath.  Thank you for paying attention
to the vim addons policy. :)

[0] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/
[1] - http://packages.debian.org/sid/git-buildpackage
-- 
James
GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <jamessan at debian.org>
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