On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 18:37, Justin Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey, Daniel. Thanks for reaching out about this. We'd love to have a more > up to date Debian package. > > Some questions: > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 1:59 AM Daniel Pocock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I notice that nobody has contributed to the repository[1] maintained in > > > Debian and it may be easier to maintain the debian/sid branch in the > > > main qpid-proton repository[2] > > > > Out of curiosity, what is it that makes it easier to maintain in the Proton > tree, versus at Debian? Is it a question of access for you? I ask because > my own practice is to keep Fedora packaging metadata at Fedora, on the idea > that the metadata is more closely bound to the target OS than it is to > Proton. >
Looking at the content some of it certainly seems OS specific and then version specific on top, so like Justin I'd also tend toward thinking it makes sense to maintain much of it at the existing downstream repository. Things like debian specific patch files and any desired after-release changes (inc any patching of existing OS packages later) aren't things that seem like they should maintained in the proton repository for example, mostly not being work toward actual proton releases. Separately however, a more pressing issue is that the existing debian/ content in the linked repo is noted as being GPLv2 and so isn't currently permissively licensed for inclusion. > It's not a hard and fast rule. We do sometimes have stuff like > distro-specific init scripts in the tree. > > If we do end up having it in the Proton tree, I propose we place it at > <project-root>/packaging/debian. That's the pattern we have used for some > other Qpid components. > > > > > Would you be happy to accept me as a committer in the project so I can > > > push the branch and any future changes there? I only intend to commit > > > on the branch and within the debian/ subdirectory. > > > > I have a counteroffer ;). Would you be willing to work by pull request for > a period of time? Once we have a record of your contributions, we can > consider you for committership. This is generally how the Qpid community > vets potential new committers. > Or patches on the related JIRAs, if you prefer that vs raising PR's. > > > > Debian will freeze for the next release very soon so I'm keen to ensure > > > the package is well organized before that. > > > > It would really be awesome to have your contribution here. I want to clear > away obstacles if I can. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
