Hi Torquil, mpich is almost ready to be "multiarched". Please, fix some lintian warnings and errors. Some of them I have fixed already.
Also we will need to build all build-rdeps to check, whether they are happy with updated package. Thanks, Anotn 2013/6/18 Torquil Macdonald Sørensen <[email protected]>: > That sounds great! I'm going camping for a few days, but I'll be able to > test it this weekend. > > Torquil > > > On 18/06/13 22:15, Anton Gladky wrote: >> >> 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/CALF6qJ=ESCa8NZzje-7stS6jQV1Xqf=zup81ieozkhsbyie...@mail.gmail.com
