On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Dmitry Smirnov <only...@debian.org> wrote:
> Guys, we have a problem with CKeditor.
> As I've recently realised, in its current source form CKeditor can't be
> loaded dynamically which breaks one of my packages after update. Therefore
> CKeditor badly needs maintenance.
>
> I took some time to learn how to build CKeditor from source. Current way is
> not safe and not compatible with official release. The best way to build
> CKeditor is to use CKbuilder that I've just packaged (#813577). As soon as it
> will be accepted I'd like to update CKeditor ASAP so I'm offering myself as
> (co-)maintainer.


Thanks help welcome.

How do you achieve to clean ckbuilder from source is missing and
license problem ?

Last time I give up...
> Knowing that package is in poor shape and not updated for a while I took
> liberty to introduce some improvements into "master" branch that I created in
> the package repository:
>
>     https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/ckeditor.git
Done pushed
>
> I did that because I found repository in bad shape -- one tag incorrectly
> applied (mismatch with uploaded package), two tags missing which comes down
> to three last uploads not committed. :(
>
> In master branch I was working only within "debian" directory and I did not
> touch upstream files as I'm not too sure about repository layout and I wanted
> to avoid introducing too many layout-related changes.

Layout is gitpkg. I have added debian directory above all. I use
debian/version branch for upstream+patches+debian directory
upstream/version for upstream and debian-patches/version for upstream+patch

> Bastien, would you be interested to help or would you rather leave CKeditor
> maintenance with me (at least for some time)?

I cannot work on it now. I need to care about my new born baby.

> Frank, are you still interested in maintaining CKeditor?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Best wishes,
>  Dmitry Smirnov.
>
> ---
>
> There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of
> it away to imaginary beings.
>         -- Friedrich Nietzsche

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