On 2019-04-29 16:42:44, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 16:27, Antoine Beaupré <anar...@orangeseeds.org> > wrote: > >> On 2019-04-29 16:19:03, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: >> > On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 15:57, Antoine Beaupré <anar...@orangeseeds.org> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> This is awesome. Have you sent those patches upstream? Do you want me >> >> to? >> >> >> >> We're in the middle of the buster freeze here, so this is unlikely to >> >> make it through that, but I can upload this to experimental shortly. >> >> >> >> >> > Hey, I was not sure where the upstream was. And the git repo I used, >> > doesn't seem to match up with what's in at least the ubuntu archive. And >> I >> > thought it's debian. >> > >> > In Ubuntu, I also ended up dropping python dependencies, as they are >> > effectively optional if one is not using brz/bzr, and they would be there >> > if one is using those VCS. I am attaching a full ubuntu debdiff, which >> > might be a better source of both packaging & source changes.... Note >> > switched to quilt format for the ubuntu uploads. >> > >> > Please upload this to experimental and forward upstream. Or point me >> where >> > the right upstream is =) >> >> Upstream is here: >> >> https://etckeeper.branchable.com/ >> >> > I'm not sure how to use that to submit a patch. There is no pull request or > indication as to where to send patches. If you can please submit patches > upstream yourself. They are my copyright, same license as upstream.
I believe you would post a new entry in this forum: https://etckeeper.branchable.com/todo/ You could simply point here or to your own git repository. You could also send patches by email to Joeyh, presumably? >> Thanks for the debdiff, great work. >> >> If you want, we could move package maintenance to salsa and enable more >> collaborative work on the package across the distributions. It would >> greatly reduce my workload as well because you Ubuntu folks have sent me >> a bunch of good patches like this. :) >> >> What do you think? > > No idea. The packaging in debian doesn't match the packaging in git repo > listed on branchable.com website, nor in the packaging metadata. So that's > wrong and needs correcting, cause debian/control Vcs-Git should point to > what's in debian. And salsa is an obvious choice for that. Maybe do publish > packaging repository there and update metadata. > > I am just a drive-by contributor, as I am working on removing python2.7 > from Ubuntu. So I am definitely a one-off and not a co-maintainer to be =) > If you are a responsive patch acceptor, it's more than enough for all the > Ubuntu drive-bys ;-) Understood. I might take this as a cue to shift to Salsa for debian maintenance, however. :) Thanks again for your patches! A. -- Anarchy is not perfection, it is not the absolute ideal which like the horizon recedes as fast as we approach it; but it is the way open to all progress and all improvements for the benefit of everybody. - Errico Malatesta
