-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I've begun, in the past few days, an effort to consolidate the several new-maintainer's "how to use deb-make" guides into a comprehensive, simple, example-laden document called (after a small debate) "The Ignoramus' Guide to Making a Debian Package".
The idea is that a) anybody who can use a text editor and understand a simple makefile should be able to make a decent debian package b) there are several guides around for this, none of which is complete or has lots of examples. Those who've already responded to me positively have been bcc'd a copy of this message, in case you don't subscribe to debian-doc. I have a working copy at http://rivendell.rdny.udel.edu/~harpo/deb-make/ and a list of the other efforts I'm aware of is at http://rivendell.rdny.udel.edu/~harpo/deb-make/other_efforts.html. At this point I'm looking for people who can contribute any of the following: 1) sgml-ized debian/* files like the ones found at my url -- I'd like to get 6 or 7 complete sets from different people and different packages, hopefully covering just about any situation a new developer with an easy-to-medium package is likely to run into. 2) other useful tidbits -- things like "most people do XXX wrong the first time; here's how to save yourself that trouble" .. take a look at ch1.html #3 for a hint. 3) policy reviews. I'm doing this with my knowledge of debian policies, which is ok, but of course the more reviewers we have the less likely I am to make some terrible mistake. Several people have already made small change suggestions; thank you. I'd like to stick to something like the form I've got going on the site, but if those interested in helping can come to another consensus, I'm certainly willing to change. I just think a lot of new developers (myself included) get mired down in trying to get it right, and I'm trying to help. Will - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | You say "Love is a temple. Love the higher law." | | You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl. | | And I can't be holding on to what you got | | When all you got is hurt. | - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNGKyEH2vcvpqPzRdAQFsiwP/fgzZ4GFg0SRigW+q34jT/+5U8tjl11g+ 9W6P86E8SggD9aHtVjSRrf4piX+7iFd3ZEPfTCNZDw42JlWZMNzYKtJ1kUUEq09e Dz/IanXUCSdHCRtOOsvTrazfp9ZOLGJg2HSXYMcz+XYDR87V7UB4bEf+5elbcAyA 9txtOwhg+kE= =yEe6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
