[Debian-olpc-devel] List of tasks to be done (was: Re: maintaining squeak and friends)

David Farning dfarning at ubuntu.com
Wed Jan 27 19:12:18 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 05:23:49PM +0100, Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals
> wrote:
>>
>> 2010/1/26 Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <siegfried at gevatter.com>:
>>>
>>> I've got the Terminal activity from Ubuntu working here. I'll upload it
>>> to the latest version and upload it to Git
>>
>> It turned out to be a pretty simple package (and somehow I ended up
>> redoing all of the packaging from Ubuntu... :P); here you go:
>> git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/sugar-terminal-activity.git
>>
>> Feel free to review and upload :). I've tested it with sugar-emulator
>> on Debian Sid and it works fine here, and it builds in pbuilder. By
>> the way, I used dh7 instead of the custom CDBS rules your other
>> packages use, I hope this isn't a problem.
>
> Great!
>
> It is not a problem for Debian that you choose a different packaging style
> than mine, and not (in principle) for this team: we do not enforce a
> specific packaging style.  But you can't rely on me for reviews and uploads
> when choosing an alternate packaging style - which might make it a problem
> for the team in reality: I am the only Debian Developer currently active
> here :-/
>
> So if you don't care then I suggest I "invade" your nice tight packaging
> with my complex CDBS addons. You can then leave those CDBS parts to me, or
> if interested then I shall enjoy guiding you into the world of CDBS.

+1 There is tremendous value in the consistent packaging scheme Jonas
is using.  If all of the packages flowing from debian are consistent
it will be easier to engage new maintainers.
david

> If, however, you deliberately chose to not use CDBS then I shall respect
> that and leave your package alone.
>
>
>> I've also packaged the Speak activity, which you can find at
>> git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/sugar-speak-activity.git .
>> However, there are some files without licensing information or with a
>> license header but no copyright holder listed...
>>
>> If someone confirms they are OK like this I may work on some of the
>> other activities those days.
>
> Same here: Great work you did - just not maintainable in my narrow view - I
> will also here await your permission before hacking on it.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>  - Jonas
>
> --
> * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt
> * Tlf.: +45 40843136  Website: http://dr.jones.dk/
>
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