[DRE-maint] Sponsoring sinatra web DSL framework ?

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Bonjour Laurent,

On 24/06/09 at 17:05 +0200, Laurent Vallar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I did package sinatra web DSL framework, it can be found there :
> http://zbla.net/debian/sinatra-0.9.3-1/

I get an error 403 when trying to download the .orig.tar.gz file.

> I know there is some lintian bugs, i'll correct it but what to do when
> lintian said that :
> 
> W: sinatra: extra-license-file usr/share/doc/sinatra/LICENSE

see http://lintian.debian.org/tags/extra-license-file.html

You should not install that file in /usr/share/doc/

> I mean sinatra's LICENSE is not like any present in common license
> directory...

No, but you should copy its content in debian/copyright.

> Secondly there is this warning:
> 
> W: sinatra: new-package-should-close-itp-bug
> 
> May I send an ITP ? Can I do that ?

Sure. The best way to do that is to use reportbug, but you can do that
manually too.

Regarding sponsoring, here are some random comments on the package (only
looking at the .diff.gz):

Priority -> extra

Standards-Version: there's a newer version available

The description is a bit suboptimal:
- usually, think of the short description as something that fits
  <packagename> is a <short description>. Also, we usually try to avoid
judging the package using adjectives like 'Classy' in the description.
- in the long desc, start by describing what the package is, not what it
  isn't.
- you can probably drop the whole second paragraph.

Since you are using a patch system, it might be a good idea to turn your
change of lib/sinatra/main.rb into a patch, and also add a description
to explain why that patch is necessary.
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