Mark Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm finding that creating the source trees and all the stuff under > debian/ takes more time than I thought. <ugh/> > > Last night I spent a few hours tweaking Adam's dsssl > docbook-stylesheets debian/rules to work for the > docbook-xsl-stylesheets. I finally succeeded, but do have a number of > questions related to packaging this and related stuff. I'll post the > questions in a new thread.
Sure. I'm also willing and able to review your source packages if you like. Let me know... BTW, do you use CVS? You might look into using cvs-buildpackage, and even having your package CVS area publicly accessible. That way others such as myself could not just review stuff but commit stuff there. > > I am willing and able to sponsor some of this, esp. the docbook-xml > > derivitives. > Great! > > Lately I've been following the redhat/cygnus/kde docbook packaging, > and am in a good position to package their docbook-utils, the updated > version of docbook-tools, (aka cygnus-stylesheets in debian). > > Adam: Are you keeping the docbook-xml package? In the future I'd be > willing to lighten your load by adopting it. But first things first. I'm willing to give it up or else keep it. Unlike the XSL stuff, I actually use docbook-xml. But I'm always willing to hand off maintainership to people who have more available time than I do. > BTW, I haven't yet completed the new maintainer application process, but > should be finished with it in a couple of weeks. Let me know if you have any packages ready for upload I can sponsor for you, then. > What I do need from one of you senior sgml dudes is some sort of > recommendation to let my AM (Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) know > that I'm not a total bonehead--or that I am, if that's your opinion. > My guess is that Adam or Ardo would be logical candidates... I would > muchly appreciate it. Ok, will do right now. -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
