[Pkg-mc-devel] Bug#628762: mc: Unable to browse deb archives

[Andreas Tille]

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 05:02:29PM +0200, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote:
> Please just make a separate folder for them, like bugfixes or pending or
> whatever.

The patch dor the deb readoing problem is in debian/patches/pending.
The files for the missing desktop issue are in debian/desktopfiles
(and some extra lines in debian/mc.install*).
 
> Also the whole package requires a significant overhaul since many, many,
> many things have changed in 4.7.5.+ and even more changes are coming.

While it makes work for packagers I like to hear this anyway that mc
development is not stalled any more ...
 
> I don't mind you making an initial import of apt-get source mc, pushing
> it to github or Debian git host and building on top of this, since these
> patches can be re-applied later on top of the "official" package
> repository when it's done.

I just uploaded to unstable the changes trying to make them as
separately as possible.  If you want a bloody git beginner to submit
something to a repository chances are not bad that I might break your
merge somehow - but I can try anyway if you want me to do this.
 
> concerns the desktop file, please have a look here first:
> 
> https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/2314

Sure.  As I said previosely this is exactly the location where I
obtained the stuf from.
 
> I did some artwork back then, and PLD has a ready-to use desktop file,
> but the point really is that this should be carefully reviewed,
> integrated in the makefiles and submitted as a patch upstream, so that
> all distributions would benefit at once.

I agree, but this seems to take a lot of time.  I promised to some
Ubuntu using friends to fix this soonish and I'm afraid this might miss
the autumn release of Ubuntu if it will not happen now(ish).  What I
uploaded now worked on the Ubuntu machine of my friend (who was super
happy to find mc now which was just not the case before when there was
no desktop file).
 
> As I said I can't do it myself now, but if you prepare a patch I can
> solicit a review and try to push it upstream. In the mean time I don't
> mind a preliminary version being included into the Debian package.

That's done now.
 
> Oh well, just remember that the users are hard to please bastards :-)
> 
>   * Please post a link to your git thing so that I can have a look
> before upload.

Uhmm, I was a bit to quick not reading your mail to the end before
firing up dput.  I hope you don't mind.  I can confirm that both changes
definitely work on several boxes (Debian and Ubuntu).
 
> Ok, got to go now. Hope it helps.

Sorry if I was to quick and good luck with further packaging of new
upstream version

      Andreas. 

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