#1146117 RFS: vimb/4.0.0-1 -- Light-weight webkit-based browser with vim keyboard bindings

#1146117#5
Date:
2026-08-29 22:42:05 UTC
From:
To:
Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

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

  * Package name     : vimb
    Version          : 4.0.0-1
    Upstream contact :https://github.com/fanglingsu/vimb/issues
  * URL              :https://fanglingsu.github.io/vimb/
  * License          : CC0-1.0, GPL-3+
  * Vcs              :https://salsa.debian.org/mati75/vimb
    Section          : misc

The source builds the following binary packages:

   vimb - Light-weight webkit-based browser with vim keyboard bindings

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

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

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

   dget -xhttps://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/v/vimb/vimb_4.0.0-1.dsc

Changes since the last upload:

  vimb (4.0.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
  .
    * New upstream release.
      + Drop patches included upstream.
      * d/control:
        + Switch to gtk4 and WebKitGTK 6.0.
        + Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4.
        + Update dh version to 14.
        + Fix VCS links.

Regards,

#1146117#10
Date:
2026-08-29 23:40:48 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

Please address this Lintian output on your next upload:

Running lintian...
N:
W: vimb: appstream-metadata-validation-failed Problems reported by "appstreamcli validate-tree".
N:
N:   The specified AppStream metadata file fail to validate using 'appstreamcli
N:   validate-tree --no-net path-to-package-root'.
N:
N:   Please refer to https://wiki.debian.org/AppStream/Guidelines for details.
N:
N:   Visibility: warning
N:   Show-Always: no
N:   Check: appstream-metadata
N:
N:
P: vimb source: trailing-whitespace [debian/changelog:10]
N:
N:   This file contains lines with trailing whitespace characters.
N:
N:   Whilst often harmless and unsightly, such extra whitespaces can also cause
N:   tools to interpret the whitespace characters literally. The tool diff(1)
N:   does not like them, either. They are best avoided.
N:
N:   Some of these problems can be hard to track down.
N:
N:   Whitespace at the end of lines may be removed with the following:
N:
N:    $ sed -i -e 's@[[:space:]]*$@@g' debian/control debian/changelog
N:
N:   If you use Emacs, you can also use "M-x wh-cl" (whitespace-cleanup).
N:
N:   However, if you wish to only remove trailing spaces and leave trailing
N:   tabs (eg. for Makefiles), you can use the following code snippet:
N:
N:    $ sed -i -e 's@[ ]*$@@g' debian/rules
N:
N:   To remove empty lines from the end of a file, you can use:
N:
N:    $ sed -i -e :a -e '/^\n*$/{$d;N;};/\n$/ba' debian/rules
N:
N:   Visibility: pedantic
N:   Show-Always: no
N:   Check: debian/trailing-whitespace
N:   Renamed from: file-contains-trailing-whitespace
N:
N:
X: vimb source: debian-watch-does-not-check-openpgp-signature [debian/watch]
N:
N:   This watch file does not specify a means to verify the upstream tarball
N:   using a cryptographic signature.
N:
N:   If upstream distributions provides such signatures, please use the
N:   pgpsigurlmangle options in this watch file's opts= to generate the URL of
N:   an upstream OpenPGP signature. This signature is automatically downloaded
N:   and verified against a keyring stored in debian/upstream/signing-key.asc
N:
N:   Of course, not all upstreams provide such signatures but you could request
N:   them as a way of verifying that no third party has modified the code after
N:   its release (projects such as phpmyadmin, unrealircd, and proftpd have
N:   suffered from this kind of attack).
N:
N:   Please refer to the uscan(1) manual page for details.
N:
N:   Visibility: pedantic
N:   Show-Always: no
N:   Check: debian/watch
N:   Renamed from: debian-watch-does-not-check-gpg-signature
N:   debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature
N:   This tag is experimental.
N:

I: Lintian run successful (worst tag: warn)

Otherwise, enjoy:

$ dput ssh-upload ../vimb_4.0.0-1_source.changes
Uploading vimb using sftp to ssh-upload (host: ssh.upload.debian.org; directory: /srv/upload.debian.org/UploadQueue/)
running allowed-distribution: check whether a local profile permits uploads to the target distribution
running protected-distribution: warn before uploading to distributions where a special policy applies
running checksum: verify checksums before uploading
running suite-mismatch: check the target distribution for common errors
running gpg: check GnuPG signatures before the upload
Logging into host ssh.upload.debian.org as tsimonq2
Uploading vimb_4.0.0-1.dsc
Uploading vimb_4.0.0.orig.tar.gz
Uploading vimb_4.0.0-1.debian.tar.xz
Uploading vimb_4.0.0-1_source.buildinfo
Uploading vimb_4.0.0-1_source.changes

Best regards,
Simon Quigley
tsimonq2@debian.org