[Pkg-phototools-devel] Debian Netpbm update: README files are no longer valid

[Andreas Tille]

Dear Akira,

Am Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 07:47:31AM +0900 schrieb Akira Urushibata:
> I heard about your work on updating the Debian Netpbm package from
> project manager Bryan Henderson.  For many years people have been
> requesting the incorporation of upstream improvements.
> 
> I thank you for your work.

You are welcome.

> Looking at netpbm-free_10.97.00-2.debian.tar.xz I see two old
> document files that should be removed.
> 
> debian/README.Debian
> 
> This document discusses the relation between upstream and the Debian
> package.  In short it says that a fork was necessary.  It is no longer
> valid.
> 
> debian/README.Security
> 
> This file is incomplete.  It seems the maintainer Andreas Barth
> intended to record subsequent changes herein, but quickly gave up.
> There is little if any relevant information herein.

I've removed both files from the package and uploaded together
with the latest upstream release.  In cases like this it is fine
if you rather call

   reportbug netpbm

to create an official bug report than private e-mail.  I'm hoping
that these issues can be dealt with in the Debian Photo team.
Please note that our bug tracking system is full of old bug
reports which you can find here:

   https://bugs.debian.org/src:netpbm-free

It would be an enormous help if you could help us closing those
bugs (may be lots of them are not issues any more in the current
version but I'm usually not working on this package any the chunk
of time I can spent on it is empty now).
 
> For the problem with palmtopnm on non AMD64 systems I have sent
> a patch to Bryan Henderson.  You shall see it soon.

Thanks a lot.
 
> I can read German.

I wished I could read Japanese. ;-)

Kind regards

      Andreas.

PS: I hope you don't mind that I forwarded your mail to our
    public maintainers list but I would love to have some
    publich record of removing the README files. 

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