On 02/16/2012 10:12 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > retitle 616131 ITA: lsb -- Linux Standard Base 4.0 support package > owner 616131 ! > > Hi all, > > (tl;dr Git repository with actual state is available, please help :->) > > I just noticed the worrying state of the LSB package in Debian: > > * Still in version 3.2 (released in January 2008) while 4.1 is out > since a year (coincidently today); > * RFA'd - #616131; > * "behind" Ubuntu since at least Karmic (9.10) which already had 4.0. > > I would like to get the LSB package up to date before Wheezy's freeze, > planned for June. > > For now, I just filled a Git repository [0] with all past Debian (at > least those available on snapshot.debian.org) and Ubuntu releases (on > the master-ubuntu branch). I think I mostly got authors and dates > straight, but it was not fun. > > Now my intentions (despite limited available time) are: > > 1) put it under explicit team maintenance; > Maintainer: [email protected] ? [1] > Uploaders: Myself + Chris ? > 2) push the repository to collab-maint; > 3) merge most of the current lsb (4.0) Ubuntu package into it, > including dpkg-vendor magic to have both distros handled. > 4) if needed, update it to 4.1; > 5) upload a new version to experimental as soon as possible; > 6) triage and if possible address all Debian bugs; > 7) update the packaging to modern practices (short dh, etc) > > So, is anybody willing to join the fun ?
I know Jeff Licquia expressed an interest in getting involved. I assume he's seeing this anyway but I've added him here explicitly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
