[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] Review Initial packaging for Cryptocat

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Hi,

is there any chance one of you can review this packaging in the upcoming
days or weeks?

Or is there a list of things which i should or could verify myself
(except Lintian warnings and testing of the .deb itself)?

Cheers!

> I uploaded an initial packaging for Cryptocat to
> ssh://git.debian.org/git/pkg-mozext/cryptocat.git
> This is my first browser extension packaging.
> 
> Concerning this git repository:
> 1. Sorry for the first intial, faulty commit (it contained a lot of
> files non relevant to Iceweasel). I did not want this to appear in the
> git log and forced a push. Maybe there was a better way, if so, please
> tell me about it.
> 2. Then i have a question: For other packages i work on, I generally add
> the upstream repositories as remotes. However, the Cryptocat upstream
> also contains directories for other browsers then Firefox/Iceweasel. I
> was wondering if any of you have experience with using `git
> sparse-checkout` for that kind of case and can tell me if that is the
> way to go here.
> 3. I did not tag the version yet. Will do that as soon as it has been
> reviewed.
> 
> I have also not uploaded a build of the package to mentors.d.o (but if
> required i can do so).
> 
> When testing, you should either use the non-Tor Cryptocat server or have
> a system Tor and privoxy running (then you need to configure port 9050
> as SOCKS5 proxy in Iceweasel as well as you will need to set
> "network.proxy.socks_remote_dns" in about:config to "true"), otherwise
> it will not work and you will be stuck at the end of the key generation
> phase. (I package this extension intially for use in Tails where this
> kind of configuration might be easier to achieve.)
> 
> If any of you would be available to review it, and eventually sponsor
> it, that would be great.
> 
> I read this list.
> 
> Thanks!
> Ulrike

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