On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 6:18 AM, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12 April 2014 09:46, Vincent Cheng <[email protected]> wrote: >> Control: tag -1 + moreinfo >> >> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Thomas Goirand <[email protected]> wrote: >>> You wrote: >>> >>> * Upstream is the same as Debian maintainer. >>> Therefore, build a native Debian package >>> >>> IMO, that's a very bad idea. this is a pain for downstream Debian >>> derivative who may want to add specific patches. With a native package, >>> it becomes less convenient to add distro-specific patches. Please don't >>> do this and re-upload a version of your package as non-native. >>> >>> Generally, native packages are very Debian specific, like for example >>> apt, dpkg, etc. Unless you develop this kind of tool, IMO, don't use a >>> native package. >>> >>> Thomas Goirand (zigo) >>> >>> P.S: Some other DD may have a different opinion, like for example I know >>> Joey Hess finds it ok and even wrote about it, but I believe a majority >>> of DD will agree with me. >> >> +1 to what Thomas said above. >> >> Here's a very quick review of your packaging in >> https://github.com/aborrero/pkg-ethstatus (since I can't find an >> ethstatus package on mentors.d.n): >> > > Thanks you for the review and time, Vincent. > > Well, I talked with Christoph Haas about ethstatus. > He think that this old piece of software is, in fact, so old. Some > other [newer] tools have superseded ethstatus. > > So, despite the initial effort I did to adopt ethstatus, I think I > will be dropping this ITA soon :-(
Ok, feel free to ping me if you have second thoughts and want to maintain this in Debian, or close the bug once you decide otherwise. Regards, Vincent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caczd_tcvqnifrpscvunpsobmgqsgse3klesasw3ru-x_obu...@mail.gmail.com
