Details about package sysv-rc-conf
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Changelog
sysv-rc-conf (0.99-11) experimental; urgency=medium
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* New maintainer (Closes: #615551)
* fix restore action in GUI (Closes: #428300)
* conflict with systemd instead of depending on sysvinit (Closes: #1101338)
- sysv-rc-conf has some utility managing runlevels for init systems that
retain initscript fallback capabilities and prior to switching inits.
- many unintended users will have been shaken out by the dependency in
place on bookworm and trixie: the risk of confusion is now much reduced.
* update package description with context to evaluate suitability
* add README.Debian with caveats as to the suitability of sysv-rc-conf
* use autogenerated man page, retaining reproducibility
* update S-V: no changes needed
* convert copyright to DEB-5
* add DEB-3 headers to patches
* add upstream metadata
* add salsa CI
* add initial gbp.conf defining debian branch
Comments
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Thanks for the review of the previous upload, Phil! This one differs only in fixing type in README.Debian and updating the package description to help users fairly evaluate the suitability of this package for them.
Andrew Bower at May 13, 2025, 7:04 a.m.
Upload #1
Information
Changelog
sysv-rc-conf (0.99-11) experimental; urgency=medium
.
* New maintainer (Closes: #615551)
* fix restore action in GUI (Closes: #428300)
* conflict with systemd instead of depending on sysvinit (Closes: #1101338)
- sysv-rc-conf has some utility managing runlevels for init systems that
retain initscript fallback capabilities and prior to switching inits.
- many unintended users will have been shaken out by the dependency in
place on bookworm and trixie: the risk of confusion is now much reduced.
* add README.Debian with caveats as to the suitability of sysv-rc-conf
* use autogenerated man page, retaining reproducibility
* update S-V: no changes needed
* convert copyright to DEB-5
* add DEB-3 headers to patches
* add upstream metadata
* add salsa CI
* add initial gbp.conf defining debian branch
Comments
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Andrew,
Review of upload: 2025-05-12 22:11
For information about the tests run, see:
https://wiki.debian.org/PhilWyett/DebianMentoring
Test 4 (sbuild): Information only
Lintian:
I: sysv-rc-conf source: patch-not-forwarded-upstream [debian/patches/greedy_names.patch]
N:
N: According to the DEP-3 headers, this patch has not been forwarded
N: upstream.
N:
N: Please forward the patch and try to have it included in upstream's version
N: control system. If the patch is not suitable for that, please mention
N: not-needed in the Forwarded field of the patch header.
N:
N: Please refer to social contract item 2, Coordination with upstream
N: developers (Section 3.1.4) in the Debian Developer's Reference, Changes to
N: the upstream sources (Section 4.3) in the Debian Policy Manual, and
N: Bug#755153 for details.
N:
N: Visibility: info
N: Show-Always: no
N: Check: debian/patches/dep3
N: Renamed from: send-patch
I: sysv-rc-conf: typo-in-manual-page everytime every time [usr/share/man/man8/sysv-rc-conf.8.gz:231]
N:
N: Lintian found a spelling error in a manual page. Lintian has a list of
N: common misspellings that it looks for. It does not have a dictionary like
N: a spelling checker does.
N:
N: If the string containing the spelling error is translated with the help of
N: gettext (with the help of po4a, for example) or a similar tool, please fix
N: the error in the translations as well as the English text to avoid making
N: the translations fuzzy. With gettext, for example, this means you should
N: also fix the spelling mistake in the corresponding msgids in the *.po
N: files.
N:
N: Visibility: info
N: Show-Always: no
N: Check: documentation/manual
N: Renamed from: spelling-error-in-manpage
Summary
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Looks good here, just FYI I listed the lintian output.
If you have no sponsor for this one, please file an RFS and we can get it in front of more DDs for possible sponsorship.
Regards
Phil
Ready
Phil Wyett at May 13, 2025, 4:43 a.m.
