uploaded first pkg: pd-motex

[Felipe Sateler]

(No need to CC me)

On 14/08/10 17:03, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 14:43 -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>> On 13/08/10 14:12, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>
>>> Now that there is a separate thread on cdbs vs dh, perhaps someone could
>>> give me some feedback on my pd-motex package which happens to use dh.
>>> I'm ready to fix whatever needs fixing.
> 
> First off, thanks for the feedback, quite useful!  I've also applied
> these changes to the other packages I ITP'ed.
> 
>> THe changelog mentions that it is a non-maintainer upload. That is
>> certainly an error.
> 
> Removed.

The version number is still incorrect (x.y debian revisions are used for
NMUs).

> 
>> Make sure that the names in debian/control and
>> debian/changelog are byte-for-byte identical.
> 
> They were as far as I could tell, did you see a difference?

No, but usually dch uses the NMU template when the names differ.

> 
>> The short description should give an indication of what the externals do.
> 
> Some of these old Pd libraries are random grabbags of things that are
> just collections created by the same author.

OK. But the new description now in place is better.

>> The example should go into /usr/share/doc/pd-motex/examples.
> 
> The 'examples' folder is part of the standard library format for Pd
> libraries, so it needs to be in the library.  A .pd file is something
> like a .svg or a .ps: it is a text file, but its not human
> readable/editable in a useful way.  Really a .pd file is more like a
> binary like .elc or .pyc than a text file.  So I am not sure it is so
> useful in the /usr/share/doc/pd-motex/examples directory.
> 
> Also, Pd users will expect the examples to show up in the Pd library
> browser.  Do you think it would be useful to
> make /usr/share/doc/pd-motex/examples a link to the examples in the
> library folder?

Where is that library browser? I can't find such a thing in my installed
copy of pd (debian's).

> 
>> Similar to the discussion on pd-zexy, is something needed to use motex?
>> If so, you should document that in README.Debian.
> 
> The instructions in pd-zexy/README.Debian are not Debian-specific and
> nothing about the Debian packages require users to load libraries
> differently than on other platforms.  IMHO, Pd users are better off
> using the official Pd docs on how to load libraries rather than
> maintaining many different README files for each library that can easily
> get out of date.

So, maybe the pd-zexy README should be removed?

I'm not a pd expert, but if I install some extensions, I expect to be
able to use them right away, without having to invoke pd with special
args. I'm getting the impression that we are not living up to that
expectation.


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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler