Bug#734927: RFS: spatialindex/1.8.1-1

[Bas Couwenberg]

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "spatialindex"

 Package name    : spatialindex
 Version         : 1.8.1-1
 Upstream Author : Marios Hadjieleftheriou <mhadji at gmail.com>
 URL             : http://libspatialindex.github.io/
 License         : MIT
 Section         : science

It builds those binary packages:

 libspatialindex3 - General framework for developing spatial indices
 libspatialindex-c3 - General framework for developing spatial indices - C library
 libspatialindex-dev - General framework for developing spatial indices - development files
 libspatialindex3-dbg - General framework for developing spatial indices - debugging symb

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

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


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

  dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/spatialindex/spatialindex_1.8.1-1.dsc

More information about libspatialindex can be obtained from http://libspatialindex.github.io/.

Changes since the last upload:

 * New upstream release.
 * Add myself to Uploaders.
 * Update watch file including sepwatch changes.
 * Update Homepage to github documentation instead of code.
 * Use canonical URLs in Vcs-* fields.
 * Change priority from extra to optional.
 * Bump debhelper compatibility to 9.
 * Use minimal dh rules with dh-autoreconf.
   (closes: #734827, #722835)
 * Support Multi-Arch build.
 * Add misc:Depends for libspatialindex-dev.
 * Don't start description synopsis with an article.
 * Change library packages to match SONAME, and use correct description.
   (closes: #642482)
 * Add debug package for the shared library.
 * Update copyright file using copyright-format 1.0.
 * Add lintian override for debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature,
   upstream doesn't provide signatures for verification.
 * Remove .la files before install.
 * Add symbols files using pkgkde-symbolshelper.
 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.5, changes: minimal dh rules, Multi-Arch,
   Vcs-* fields, shared library changes, copyright.
 * Add patch to modernize the build system.
 * Add patch to include linking to libspatialindex in pkg-config file.
   (closes: #679690)


Regards,
 Sebastiaan Couwenberg