On 1 August 2007 at 17:21, Salikh Zakirov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 08:46:22AM +0100, Mark Hindess wrote: > > > > I am looking at making debian packages. I'll probably create a > > debian subdirectory in the federation build shortly and I'll put > > some .deb files in my poeple.apache.org web space. > > Wow, great! Nice to hear that! > > BTW, I've heard that Peter Novodvorsky is a Debian Developer, so he > probably could assist in uploading the packages straight to 'unstable' > repository.
At the moment, while the average Debian user might be happy with my packages, your average Debian developer would have a fit if they looked at them. > Too bad I have Gentoo installed and cannot use the fruits of labour of > others directly... :) Many of the issues with packaging will overlap so there will be direct benefit for any packagers from work done for Debian packages. I'll elaborate on some of the issues in a separate thread when I've checked in debian packaging code I currently have. -Mark.
