Hi all, Some news on the GNOME Packaging Team :
Now the project is open on alioth: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-gnome/ At the moment the team has 10 members, you can find the list here: http://alioth.debian.org/project/memberlist.php?group_id=1316 If you're not listed in the team members for the moment, and if you want help the team, let me know by sending a mail. Ross Burton has just added his "Debian GNOME Packaging Policy" in the doc manager: http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/1316/18/gnome-policy-20030502-1.html The doc will be soon available on the CVS/SVN server. It'll be great to update/complete it, so all contributions are welcome ;-) You can also found a first list of packages for the team, based on the replies to my last mail, here: http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/1316/19/liste.html Now we need to discuss some points before starting the work: 1- Maintainer/Uploaders fields : -------------------------------- After having talked with some of you, I think the best format is: Maintainer: the maintainer Uploaders: the team, [complete list of the members] In this way : - The package keeps his maintainer (who know the best the package, the upstreams, etc ..) - We have a QA page for the team - All members can upload with their name. 2- Team entry : --------------- Debian GNOME Maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The list is already open on alioth. 3- Bugs reports : ----------------- Each maintainer will subscribe "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" to the PTS for his packages, so the list will receive all bugs reports. 4- CVS/SVN usage : ------------------ Akira TAGOH has proposed to create a module for each source-package (the module name is the name of the source package) with the debian dir included. We could include the whole package for the native ones and doc for example. 5- CVS/SVN usage : ------------------ All changes in the CVS/SVN tree have to be reported in the changelog. We could set an temporary changelog number between two version. ie: a 1.2-1working2 version for the changes from 1.2-1 to 1.2-2. 6- Lists usage : ---------------- All the general discussions will stay on the debian-gtk-gnome list, which is the best place to talk about gtk/gnome and debian. The list on alioth will be reserved to the activy on the packages (bugs reports, ...). 7- First uploads : ------------------ As soon as the uploader will be defined (ie: if allbody agree with the format, and after setting a first list of members to add) we'll start the upload. Each maintainer have to make the first upload for his packages (that's the best way to have a first upload without problems). Adding the debian dir in the CVS/SVN space in the same time could be a good idea. Andrew Lau has already uploaded tsclient with the team as uploaders. That's all for the moment. All the comments/advices on all these points are welcome ;-) Cheers, Sebastien Bacher
