[Pkg-mono-devel] packaging libmono-saxonb8: interested / help

[Sebastian Dröge]

Am Montag, den 24.09.2007, 13:02 +0200 schrieb Stefano Zacchiroli:
> Hi guys,
>   AFAICT currently in Debian we have no XSLT 2.0 engine available. I'm
> interested in having SaxonB 8 [1] to fix this.
> 
> On the java side of Debian people seem to be moving to package the Java
> version of SaxonB [2], but I must say I would prefer to have the mono
> version as well. I'm willing to work on the package but I haven't the
> faintest idea of where to start to create a mono package. So, questions:
> is some of you already interested in packaging SaxonB? or,
> alternatively, can please point me to the needed info to create a mono
> package for Debian?

The best is probably to look at one of the existing packages and the CLI
policy[0]. For existing packages, maybe look at cecil or gtk-sharp2 :)
If you have more specific questions feel free to ask me directly or the
list :)


[0] http://pkg-mono.alioth.debian.org/cli-policy/