[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] enigmail 1.0.1 packaging for debian

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

Hi Alexander--

I am trying to port your enigmail package for ubuntu into debian, and 
i'm running into a few questions.  Can you help me understand?

0) why is there a build-dep on libiw-dev?  the configure scripts appear 
to want it for NECKO_WIFI, but the enigmail source doesn't seem to 
reference NECKO_WIFI at all.  is this really relevant?

1) a similar question about libnotify-dev.  again, the configure scripts 
appear to be interested in it, but the enigmail source itself includes 
no mention of notify_*.

2) debian/make-orig seems to expect a base tarball as its second 
argument.  Where should that base tarball come from, if one were to try 
to re-build the "upstream tarball"?

3) it looks like the ubuntu build is using some variant of nspr-config 
shipped with thunderbird-dev, rather than the system nspr-config; is 
this a deliberate choice?  Are the ubuntu thunderbird packages bundling 
nspr?

Any advice or pointers you can give would be appreciated.

	--dkg