[Pkg-cups-devel] Package: splix

[Patrick]

Hello Andreas,

Andreas Metzler wrote:
> In article <47EAD93A.8030608 at freenet.de> (gmane.linux.debian.devel.general) you wrote:
>   
>> Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 06:59:01PM +0100, Patrick Ringl wrote:
>>>       
> [...]
>   
>>>> the last upload of that package was at the beginning of 2007 - meanwhile 
>>>> there have been 4 upstream releases since that time. I'd like to know 
>>>> what happened to the package and in case the maintainer is not 
>>>> responding in time, and if nobody objects - I'd like to take the package 
>>>> over.
>>>>         
>
>   
>>> Go ahead, I added it because I own such printer, but the bugs that were
>>> reported were with different models I could not test myself.
>>>       
> [...]
>   
>>> If you'd also be able to get cups-ddk in, to make the package more like
>>> the Debian way and regenerate all generated files, that'd be extra great.
>>>       
>
>   
>> I asked pkg-cups for joining in order to package cups-ddk aswell. Since 
>> I am not a DD myself, it'd be kind if you sponsored the new splix 
>> package once I am done.
>>     
>
> Hello,
>
> following up to
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-cups-devel/2008-March/005113.html
> it looks like now it would be possible to have an updated splix
> package in Debian, since cupsddk is available.
>
> I have taken the Ubuntu package and applied a little bit of fine
> tuning. Diff against ubuntu:
> ------------------------------------
> splix (1.1.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
>
>   * upload to Debian, merge from Ubuntu.
>   * New upstream version. Closes: #457650
>     - Fixes printing on ML-2010 Closes: #439817,#455795
>   * Fix lintian errors:
>     - Do not ignore errors on $(MAKE) clean.
>     - Standards-Version: 3.7.3, no changes required.
>   * Use Homepage control field.
>   * Make use of dh_installdirs instead of invoking mkdir directly.
>   * [10_fixbashism.dpatch] Fix bashisms in ppd/compile.sh.
>   * Allow building of packages with jbig-support by specifying withjbig1 as
>     part of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.
>   * add watch file
> ------------------------------------
>
> Available from http://www.bebt.de/debian/splix/
>
> I *think* the package is good for an upload. I have not actually done
> one for these reasons:
> * Other people had voiced interest earlier.
> * I do not speak C++ at all.
> * I cannot test it currently. (The splix using computer is offline
>   currently.)
>
> Anyway, perhaps there is somebody who can take it up from here, I
> might be willing to sponsor.
>   
I'd be willing to do that. I'll give you feedback on your package in the 
next few days (probably mid of next week tho).
I'll also check my TODO list and see if I can add/contribute in any way. :-)

> cu andreas
>   


regards,
Patrick