[Pkg-protobuf-devel] 2.x packaging health

[Iustin Pop]

On 2016-05-07 18:50:57, Robert Edmonds wrote:
> Iustin Pop wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Just saw that there were a number of NMUs that were not imported into
> > git, and that while 3.x packaging has stalled, the 2.x package has
> > gotten a bit out of shape.
> > 
> > I don't have time to work on packaging 3.x, but does anybody mind if I
> > create a packaging-2.x branch, push the existing NMUs on it, fix a
> > couple of trivial issues, and do a 2.6.1-2 upload?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > iustin
> 
> Hi, Iustin:
> 
> Please go ahead! There are a few minor changes on the master branch that
> have never been uploaded that ought to make it to 2.6.1-2:
> 
> Andrew Pollock (1):
>       Update Git repository location
> 
> Robert Edmonds (2):
>       debian/control: Change Maintainer to the pkg-protobuf-devel list
>       debian/control: Add Laszlo Boszormenyi as Uploader

Oh, thanks for this info, I wasn't aware of git repository move.
However, this presents a small issue:

- collab-maint master has 3.x packaging (i.e. merge with upstream 3.0,
  but no packaging changes as far as I can see)
- pkg-protobuf master is 2.x packaging + these three commits; it has no
  3.x at all, not even pristine-tar or upstream tags

Basically the two master branches have diverged. Since 3.x packaging is
not going forward at the current moment, I'll:

- use pkg-protobuf master for 2.x packaging
- import collab-maint's master into pkg-protobuf as packaging-3.x

thanks,
iustin