Roberto Bagnara bagnara@cs.unipr.it writes:
Michael Tautschnig wrote:
So Matthew, what do we miss to make this Debian packaging system happy?
Well, my name is not Matthew - but I suggest
- debian/docs should probably contain BUGS README TODO and CREDITS
TODO is for internal use only.
Many packages include TODO lists. They are nice for gauging the state and plans of a project.
In contrast, you are not mentioning
ChangeLog NEWS README.configure doc/README.doc
ChangeLog and NEWS should be included, the other two are only relevant for building.
Is the omission intended? In other words, what is the exact semantics of the `debian/docs' file?
- debian/rules is still missing
I am sure one does not start from scratch writing one. Does Debian provide a standard starting point? I mean: we have a "configure, make, make install" build system afterall.
It can be generated with dh_make, at which I'm having a go. Any advice welcome.