Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libmateweather":

 * Package name     : libmateweather
 Version          : 1.28.2-1
 Upstream contact : Martin Wimpress
 * URL              : http://www.mate-desktop.org/
 * License          : GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later, GPL-3.0-or-later, X11, FSFULLR, FSFULLRWD, GPL-2.0-or-later or LGPL-2.1-or-later, FSFUL, FSFAP
 * Vcs              : https://salsa.debian.org/debian-mate-team/libmateweather
 Section          : libs

The source builds the following binary packages:

 libmateweather1t64 - MateWeather shared library
 libmateweather-common - MateWeather shared library (common files)
 libmateweather-dev - MateWeather shared library (development files)

To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL:

https://mentors.debian.net/package/libmateweather/

Alternatively, you can download the package with 'dget' using this command:

 dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/libm/libmateweather/libmateweather_1.28.2-1.dsc

Changes since the last upload:

 libmateweather (1.28.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
 * New upstream release.
 * debian/patches: Update '0001_libsoup3.patch' for new upstream release.
 - Remove '0002_metar-Update-AviationWeather-URL.patch'. Fixed upstream.
 - Version 1.26.3-5 already included metar update. (Closes: #1133207).
 * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4
 * debian/copyright: Provide license information for files missing it.
 - Replace FSF old address with URL to licenses.
 - Remove redundant files not included in upstream release tarball.
 - Use latest SPDX Identifiers in place of deprecated ones.
 * debian/watch: Switch to version 5.
 - Use GitHub releases URL for 'Source' field to fix "502 Bad Gateway"
 error with previous source URL.
 * debian/libmateweather-common.install: Add gtk-doc location.

Regards,
Sui Vue

Wait. Since when do we use in Debian a dget package manager?
And what is this weird file format (I am just a Newbie)

Wait. Since when do we use in Debian a dget package manager?
And what is this weird file format (I am just a Newbie)

We don't use "a dget package manager", whatever that is.

https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/devscripts/dget.1.en.html

https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/SourcePackage

Jun 24, 2026, 19:49 by wrar@debian.org:
Hi,
That is from RFS template. I did not change anything. It is the same in other RFS bugs reports. 
As I am new here (this is my first upload to mentors), if you have a specific workflow and
want to get the source package in a different way, please let me know.
You mean, `.dsc'? That is a metadata file for source packages. It is generally read as, Debian Source Control. But I have also seen some read it as DeSCption.

{
  "emoji": "👍",
  "version": 1
}

You would have to join the team to have this sponsored as team upload.
If you cannot join, please file a bug report asking for the new version
and if nobody acts you can ask for this to be sponsored as NMU.

Either way: You have to say explicitly in the changelog "Team upload" or
"Non-maintainer upload".