Hi, I have done some commits into mpich2-directory. Please, check it out and test. I am planning to make a couple of more within the next few days. We should prepare for the renaming.
Anton 2013/5/28 Torquil Macdonald Sørensen <[email protected]>: > Hi Anton! > > Yes, I would appreciate the help, so that is very kind of you. > > Btw, your second point (regarding dh) is something we had planned. But even > though the package has potential for improvement in several places, my > personal plan was to not do everything at once, in order to prevent several > problems appearing simulaneously. The name change in addition to inclusion > of the NMU in the changelog was enough of a worry for me at the moment :-) > > But if someone more experienced could help I would be glad to work on more > improvements simultaneously. Actually, I have been doing some work on moving > it to dh locally, but thought I would delay it until after the change of > name has gone through without too many problems. > > Regarding the change of name, I don't really have a strong opinion on the > matter. Replacing mpich2 with a good mpich3 package in Debian is my main > goal right now. > > Best regards > Torquil Sørensen > > > On 26/05/13 23:31, Anton Gladky wrote: >> >> Torquil, some suggestions on packaging: >> I think it is better: >> >> 1) to use compat-level 9 >> 2) dh instead of cdbs, debian/rules will be shorter and more clear in this >> case; >> 3) copyright-file in DEP-5 format; >> 4) DEP-3 for patches >> 5) postinst and prerm scripts should be inspected. >> >> If you want, I can try to help with some of points. >> >> Regards, >> >> Anton >> >> 2013/5/26 Torquil Macdonald Sørensen <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Yes, I have uploaded the mpich 3.0.3 sources to the upstream branch in >>> the >>> git repository, as well as made some changes in debian/ to make it work. >>> I >>> might have a few more small changes, though, in addition to uploading the >>> 3.0.4 upstream sources which are now available. E.g. perhaps upping the >>> Debian standards version and including an earlier NMU upload in the >>> changelog. >>> >>> I have changed the source name to mpich in the git repository, and have >>> also >>> added a few dummy transitional packages since the binary packages will >>> also >>> change names a bit due to the name change and due to an increase in the >>> library soname. >>> >>> Despite the fact that the existence of the transitional packages seems to >>> give a smooth upgrade on my system, I am of course not 100% sure that the >>> scheme I have deviced is optimal, since this is a bit new to me. >>> >>> Best regards >>> Torquil Sørensen >>> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CALF6qJmFQb+wjPfS4pou4=pk+w8xgd0eieojmlx2hbqsrdw...@mail.gmail.com
