On 2006-09-28, Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> deb http://www.jspiro.com/files/debian experimental/ >> deb-src http://www.jspiro.com/files/debian experimental/ > > Why don't you upload it to mentors.debian.net ?
I don't know how to, and I bet the "lftp ftp.example.com -e 'mirror -eR source target'" command won't work with the site. The command syncs a directory tree on my PC with a directory tree on the target machine. >> I am frustrated at the various bugs I'm seeing but I don't want to give >> up, as I want gnome-app-install to be in Debian. If you would like to >> finish packaging the app and take over maintainership, I'd be very glad >> to stop here and explain to you the changes I've made already. > > Don't forgive, if people would have stop each time they thought it's too > hard, > GNU/Linux would not exists ;-) You're right :) > I can help you for the packaging for sure, and maybe for the port. If it's > not > enough we should run a project @ alioth en try to find some other > developpers ! Thank you for your kind offer. I am going to look for somebody in Toronto (preferably at my school) for now. If I don't find anyone, in a week or so, please email me; I think I will take you up on your offer. Where can we host the files? I am on the starter package with my web hosting company (www.moonbase.info) so I can't SSH in. The company has FrontPage Extensions installed on all their webservers; does that mean Subversion will work for the job? >> I am working from an upstream .tar.gz file from Ubuntu. The upstream >> tarball includes .pyc files too, not just .py files. My .diff.gz does >> not touch the .pyc files when applied to the upstream source. Will this >> be a problem when people try to apply the .diff? > > Hmmm... Here is what I think. There are two case : > > * The original apps is only for ubuntu, you had to makes LOTS OF change in > it > to get it runnng on Debian. Then I would suggest to fork the project, so > you'll recreate a new tarball. > > * The patches are not su huge and you can handle them through dpatch or > quilt. Just leave the upstream tarball as it was but DO NOT INSTALL pyc > files. (and report the issue to upstream). I think I will pick #2. Cheers, Jason -- When you open Windows, bugs get in. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
