[Bug 1956004] Re: [BPO] Backport opencpn 5.6.0 from Jammy

[Dan Streetman]

Very minor comments on changelog:

+  * Closes: #1956004

While Debian uses 'Closes:', Ubuntu uses 'LP:', so this should be
  * LP: #1956004

+  * d/control: debhelper compat 13 -> 12.

technically, debhelper 13 is in focal-backports (and even bionic-
backports), but if you don't actually need level 13 it's fine to reduce
it in the backport.


Only other comment is that I see focal has opencpn-plugins_5.0.0+dfsg-1_all.deb, which is a dummy transitional package, but there's no corresponding opencpn-plugins package in later releases. Since it's just dummy/empty, having it installed along with the -backports version of opencpn and opecpn-data shouldn't actually cause any problem, but it was confusing for me (and I had to spend time investigating it during review) and might be confusing for end-users to see different versions of the packages installed, e.g.:

$ dpkg -l|grep opencpn
ii  opencpn                              5.6.0+dfsg1-1~bpo20.04.1              amd64        Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software
ii  opencpn-data                         5.6.0+dfsg1-1~bpo20.04.1              all          Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software (data)
ii  opencpn-plugins                      5.0.0+dfsg-1                          all          Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software (transition)

Maybe the Replaces: should be updated to remove the version specifier
(<< 4.8.8~)?

Otherwise, assuming you've built and tested it on focal, I see no other issues. Do you have upload rights? If not you may need to find a sponsor, or alternately you can apply to the DMB for PPU rights just for opencpn.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopers#PerPackage


** Also affects: opencpn (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: opencpn (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  [BPO] Backport opencpn 5.6.0 from Jammy

Status in opencpn package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in opencpn source package in Focal:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  The current release is so old that it is unusable. Thus it forces
  users to the PPA at
  https://launchpad.net/~opencpn/+archive/ubuntu/opencpn. While more
  recent, this not properly packaged and reviewed, lacking a source
  package etc.

  [Scope]

  This is about backporting 5.6.0 from Jammy to Focal/20.04

  [Other Info]

  5.6.0 is in Debian Testing. The Bullseye backport is currently in the
  backports new queue.

  Package sources: https://gitlab.com/leamas/opencpn/-/tree/focal-
  backports

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