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hey yuri, On 03/16/2011 01:34 PM, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote: > On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 12:46 +0200, alex bodnaru wrote: > >> so there are changes you plan from upstream to the debian release. >> though these must be kept to a minimum, but i trust you know what you want. > > No, basically I just want to update the package to 4.7.5.1 now that it > is out and close the bugs that are no longer relevant to the latest > release. so bug triaging would be needed. won't you prefer to have an experimental package and i'd check myself and contact reporters to confirm bug elimination? > > The problem is that the migration of the package code to git needs to be > completed first and then, there are so much changes between 4.7.0.x and > 4.7.5.1 that the package has to be revamped. do you mean that you wish ./debian/* in git? about upstream, debian packaging encourages downloading released tar balls, isn't it? > > I am not planning on making any changes in the upstream code that are > not Debian-specific. so all you'd like to change is file types' association to debian specific program names, like (gnome-)?www-browser etc. deb archives, changelog and control files highlighting should be upstream too, shouldn't they? > >> i'd like to help, point me and others to your plan. > > Great! Please check pkg-mc-devel at alioth out for my latest message > (what I replied to Andreas). > > In theory, actually, the package can be revamped by making use of the > latest svn snapshot and as soon as I migrate the repository I can just > roll out your changes if you provide me with a patch. again, do you mean ./debian/*? i'd personnaly prefer svn/hg, but upstream is git too. tell where could i co the latest packaging files. please fwd that message to me too. i don't seem to find it. > > Please check the message at alioth and tell me what do you think you'd > like to do: > > 1) Help with migration > 2) Help with packaging > 3) Help with bugs / triaging > > Thanks! > - -- - -- best regards, alex -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iJwEAQECAAYFAk2AuDcACgkQ2nA3WyrfyePZLwQAtfyHc/0RmojKMbEi8kso99FW vN+xIfPFg+l1r12U4jxhxHH0COv69StKroxEkdhOo79ZltOYZKGXup4yah88xkTh Pa+B8M1c2I1t+wRqK+LFbdj4e2soUKPqZmHnMzmBxg1Ze1m9dhNcAtYbPKMAosA8 dLv66yvcYUCkZDe3H/Y= =c8Mx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
