Am Montag, 25. April 2016, 23:02:22 schrieb Andreas Tille: > Hi, > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 07:39:23PM +0200, Johannes Ranke wrote: > > > 1. I'll create > > > > > > https://git.debian.org/git/debian-science/packages/r-base.git > > Done.
Very nice. > > > 2. I inject the current packaging from testing/unstable to this > > > > > > repository and create debian/jessie-backports branch. OK, I had a look and the only changes you made are the changelog and the Vcs fields in debian/control. > > > > Dirk, would you consider pushing your future packaging to this repo? It > > seems to me then future backporting from there would be easier as I could > > merge the changes from (my) master (which is you in that case :). > > I'd happily move the repository I created above to any other location on > git.debian.org Dirk might prefer. > > > > 3. I add Johannes Ranke to the members of Debian Science team to > > > > > > grant him commit permissions > > > > > > Thus Johannes can commit the changes for Jessie backports there. Thanks! I added my ssh key to alioth and was able to clone the repo via ssh. > > Actually, no changes were necessary for the backports of the last few > > releases to Jessie. > > I've taken this as good reason to upload to backports. OK, I will test it when it is in the archive. > > > Any better suggestion is welcome. > > > > Sounds excellent to me. I will have a look at the repo and consider > > setting up repositories for backports of the recommended packages pulled > > in by r- recommended, so these could be brought up to date from time to > > time as well. > Fine. I have had a look and I am starting to understand git-buildpackage, which looks like a very convenient tool indeed. Kind regards, Johannes > > > If everything works out, this could give me the chance to skip the manual > > work required today for the backports on CRAN. > > I'd be delighted if this could save some work. > > Kind regards > > Andreas.
