Hi, >I may need some help to go further. >For now I've managed to: >- Build xmacro in Jessy
s/Jessy/Jessie :) >- Reproduce the gcc-6 FTBFS in stretch wonderful >- Applied the patch with quilt and made it compile on stretch >(https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=831195) you need to make it compile on sid, not stretch >- Learn some packaging debian-fu> >I didn't test the software yet, neither package it properly. >Before doing that I want to be sure the current maintainer is OK for me to >adopt the package but he does not answer >(https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin>/bugreport.cgi?bug=832150) > you can adopt it right now, but: install and use pbuilder/sbuild to check the package against sid. useful tools: $ pull-debian-source $ add-patch $ dpkg-buildpackage ([-S, -sa -d]) to create something that pbuilder/sbuild can use to build the package $ dput mentors foo_source.changes ^^ this uploads the package on mentors, and then you can open an RFS bug to have it sponsored. (different people have different tools) e.g. to create a sid chroot pbuilder-dist sid create pbuilder-dist sid update pbuilder-dist sid build file_version.dsc ^^ this is one of the easiest ways I got to create a sid amd64 chroot cheers, G.
