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dreibh@simula.no (Thomas Dreibholz)
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Thomas,
On Monday, May 19, 2025 8:49:21 AM Mountain Standard Time Thomas Dreibholz wrote:
Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal
Dear mentors,
I am looking for a sponsor for my package "subnetcalc <https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/subnetcalc/>":
* Package name: subnetcalc
Version: 2.6.4-1
Upstream Author: Thomas Dreibholz <thomas.dreibholz@gmail.com>
* URL: https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/subnetcalc/
* License: GPL-3+
* Section: net
Your package doesn’t appear to match the source at:
https://github.com/dreibh/subnetcalc/tree/master/debian
For example, the changelog file on GitHub looks like it was designed for Ubuntu and doesn’t match the one used for Debian packaging:
https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/s/subnetcalc/changelog-2.6.2-1
Trying to build from your Git repository produces the following error, even when checking out the subnetcalc-2.6.4 tag:
dpkg-source: error: aborting due to unexpected upstream changes, see /tmp/ subnetcalc_2.6.4-1ubuntu1.diff.dgZBqo
I would recommend you move your Debian packaging to Salsa. In my experience as an upstream developer, it makes my life easier if you put your upstream source where ever you already have it and the Debian packaging on Salsa. If you use gbp, importing each new upstream release can be as simple as:
gbp import-orig uscan
dch
gbp buildpackage
gbp tag
gbp push
I wrote an email a while back that explains a bit about how gbp works.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2024/09/msg00057.html
In addition, placing the Debian packaging on Salsa lets you use Salsa CI, which catches a lot of problems before release, like the missing build flags.
https://qa.debian.org/bls/packages/s/subnetcalc.html
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Soren Stoutner
soren@debian.org
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