On Mon, 09 Sep 2002 08:11:36 EDT, Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I anticipate rolling out new versions of these (simple, slides, website) all > based off DocBook 4.2 (directly or indirectly), "real soon now". So dependin g > on how much effort it is to build the releases, ...
Well, actually, there are three issues here: One is just downloading a new version and doing the packaging; I'm organized to do that pretty quickly now, especially if there are no changes in the directory structure. The second is that if I were going to do another NMU, I'd like the maintainer's approval to re-write the rules file, to use only debhelper scripts. I tried this, and it seems to me to make the package much more maintainable: All that's needed is the standard rules file that comes out of dh_make, with the addition of a single dh_install command in the build-indep target. The dh_install program uses a configuration file that lists sources and targets for installs. Likewise, the program dh_link can be used with a configuration file if/when links are needed. Using the debhelper scripts makes it much easier to maintain the package when the upstream directory changes. So, here's a direct question for Mark Johnson: would you agree to the above suggested change in the rules file? The third is that I know (guess?) that the real work in upgrading these packages has to do with incorporating support for XML catalogs, but I don't know many details of that effort, but do not want to do anything that would interfere with that work. (The next email lists some questions I have.) But, to answer the question you actually asked, if the new releases have the same directory structure as the old ones, it would not be much work to make as-is upgrades when the time comes. Cheers, Susan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
