[Pkg-electronics-devel] RFS: gnusim8085 1.3.5-2

[Hamish Moffatt]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 07:37:30PM +0530, Onkar Shinde wrote:
> I am looking for sponsorship for package gnusim8085 1.3.5-2. I am
> taking over the maintenance of this package as it was orphaned.
> I have put the packaging bit in git repository. [1]
> 
> The latest changelog entry for reference.
> gnusim8085 (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
> 
>   * New maintainer. (Closes: #553068)
>   * debian/control
>     - Correct versions of build dependencies libgtk2.0-dev and
>       libgtksourceview2.0-dev.
>     - Remove build dependency libgnomeui-dev. Not needed anymore.
>     - Add cdbs build dependency.
>   * debian/rules
>     - Switch to cdbs. Reduces file size.
>     - Add '--as-needed' linker flag to avoid unnecessary dependencies on
>       resulting package.
>   * debian/manpages
>     - Add to install manpage in appropriate location.
>   * debian/{dirs,install}
>     - Remove. Not needed.

Is there a reason you chose cdbs over debhelper 7's simplified rules?

I personally would be not that comfortable sponsoring a cdbs package
with my current level of understanding of cdbs.


Hamish