new upstream version for Maverick

sipwitch diff for 0.8.1 package

debdiff from 0.7.4 (lucid) to 0.8.1 (for maverick)

I propose these changes (patch attached).
 * Switch to dpkg-source 3.0 (quilt) format.
 * Wrap and sort Build-Depends and Depends.
 * debian/rules: Remove get-orig-source; uscan does the same job.
 * Some cosmetic changes.

A new upstream release is available. Please package that, include my proposed changes, and resubscribe once ucommon 2.1.3 passed the NEW queue.

Do you plan to bring this package to Debian?

...and resubscribe ubuntu-sponsors...

I like this very much, and in fact I will have to look at how I am packaging other things now as well. I will take this in with maybe a few small tweaks, and propagate something similar to things like ucommon and ccscript packaging. Actually there will be a newer upstream release of sipwitch (0.8.3) later this week which has changes relevant to Ubuntu (0.8.2 did not have any change other than changing the dependency in the configure script itself to test for ucommon 2.1.3, and this of course was already addressed in packaging, so I felt it unnecessary to do an update for 0.8.2).

We have had no success getting these packages accepted in Debian in the past even when existing Debian package maintainers came forward offering to package it. If it could be done, it might simplify life of course.

Debdiff for new 0.8.3 release with proposed changes merged

Packaging for 0.8.3 by itself

Benjamin, I have merged your changes with upstream changes for the newer 0.8.3 release, which includes placing network config change scripts, and re-subscribing sponsors as you suggest.

There are some lintian errors and warnings that should be addressed:

* description in package sipwitch-plugin-libnotify: dbus -> D-Bus
* sipwitch-cgi must depend on ${shlibs:Depends}
* I: sipwitch source: binary-control-field-duplicates-source field "section" in package sipwitch-cgi
* E: sipwitch: init.d-script-missing-dependency-on-remote_fs /etc/init.d/sipwitch: required-start
* E: sipwitch: init.d-script-missing-dependency-on-remote_fs /etc/init.d/sipwitch: required-stop
* W: sipwitch: setuid-binary usr/bin/sippasswd 4755 root/root

You probably want to add a symbols file (I: libsipwitch0: no-symbols-control-file usr/lib/libsipwitch.so.0.0.40)

This typo found by lintian should be forwarded upstream:
I: sipwitch: spelling-error-in-manpage usr/share/man/man1/sipwitch.1.gz deamon daemon

sippasswd needs to be a setuid binary. I added $remote_fs to init as suggested, as yes, it makes sense since /usr may be network mounted, and I fixed sipwitch-cgi. I do not think the abi is stable enough where it can be trusted to match linkage between even different point releases, and at the moment all linkage is internal to the package and there are no externally built packages, so I was uncertain what to do with having a symbol file at this point. Symbol files is also the one area I am unclear in packaging.

Revised debdiff

uploaded

This bug was fixed in the package sipwitch - 0.8.3-0ubuntu1

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sipwitch (0.8.3-0ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * New upstream version (LP: #576967):
    - Requires ucommon 2.1.3 or later
    - Introduction of desktop notification plugin subpackage
    - Reloads configuration when ethernet interface state changes
    - Packaging cleanup
 -- David Sugar <email address hidden> Tue, 18 May 2010 15:00:23 -0400