[Pkg-lyx-devel] Let's get the Lyx Debian pkg back in sync with upstream

[Per Olofsson]

Hi,

I'm the one who did the last NMU of LyX.

Sven Hoexter:
> So I'm willing to take it over BUT my experience with Debian
> packaging is still quite low and limited to small
> packages[2]. Additional I've not followed the Lyx development for
> the last ~2 years. So any help would be highly appreciated.  After a
> first look around I found that several people are hacking their own
> Debian packages so there must be some demand for new packages and
> people willing to do some work. Please raise your hand now guys!

Yes, the package really needs some work. I don't have much time to
work on the package currently but I will gladly help you if you have
any questions.

> - I've read something about a gtk frontend and found it in the Lyx
> source but there is no configure option for it and it's not
> mentioned in the README/INSTALL files. What's that? How can we use
> it? Is it alpha stuff you should not use? Would be cool if someone
> could enlight me what's that all about.

It looks like alpha stuff to me. At least in the current Debian
version.

> Things I haven't found out yet:
> 
> - Is the lyx package maintained in a VCS?

It looks like the lyx package is in an Arch repository at
<http://pkg-lyx.alioth.debian.org/devel/>. You can use tla or bazaar
to check it out.

I suggest you switch to another VCS though, like bzr, Subversion or
darcs (darcs is my personal favourite). Also, you should probably only
put the debian directory in VCS and use dpatch for patching the
source.

> I'd like to go with subversion but I've to admit that I haven't had
> the time lately to find out how svn-buildpackage should be
> used. Hints for docs I should read are welcome :).

Like all Debian packages, the documentation is in
/usr/share/doc/svn-buildpackage/.

> - Is there a DD out in the wild internet willing to sponsor a new Lyx package?

Yes, I'd be willing to sponsor the package.

-- 
Pelle