[pkg-fso-maint] pkg-e and zhone packages updated in my repo

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

Am Samstag, den 10.01.2009, 20:21 +0300 schrieb Nikita V. Youshchenko:
> > I have added you to the team and added your gpg key to the keyring of
> > our repository.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> > Generally, we are a don’t-ask-just-do-and-tell team, and decisions are
> > made by those who do stuff (e.g. packaging style). I mean, if you are
> > unsure, you are welcome to ask on the list, but don’t be too hesitant.
> 
> Hmm...
> 
> I may just upload entire contents of my repo to pkg-fso, without timely 
> package rebuilds.
> Is that ok?
> Will pkg-fso repo accept .changes files with Distribution field set 
> to 'freerunner'?
> Or better to rebuild things 'for pkg-fso' ?

Not sure, try it. You can also use the reprepro commands directly, to
include .deb’s without having a .changes file.

> P.S.
> Regarding your zhone git repo.
> I can't understand what for there are 3 code branches.
> What is wrong with just using pulls from upstream git as 'upstream' branch, 
> and one more 'debian' branch?

The rationale is that Debian packages are diffs against an upstream
tarball. Tarballs ususally differ from upstream’s VCS (e.g., they
contain Makefile.in and configure). So from upstream I create the
tarball, which is tracked in upstream-dist, and the debian branch is
based on that.

Consider what would happen if upstream would only publish their "make
dist" generated tarballs and keep their VCS hidden. The we’d have debian
and upstream-dist (maybe with a different name). But in fact, we do have
access to their VCS, so that’s an extra branch.

Maybe it’s overkill, I’m not sure. Some packages (fso-frameworkd) have
scripts in debian/ that make the handling of that a little easier.

Greetings,
Joachim
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