Is there some way that we can combine our efforts? I'd love it if the work Eric does can become part of the stuff Thrift uses to publish releases. Is this feasible?
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Eric Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Jake Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been looking into trying to get the thrift compiler and libs into > debian/ubuntu packages to help make it easier for people to install and > start using thrift. Eric Evans, a Cassandra committer, has all ready > started this as a sub project contained within github. He syncs with our > code base and then runs scripts against it to create separate packages for > the compiler, python and java to package. I've asked Eric to not submit his > intent to package to debian so that we can come up with one unified way to > handle all the packaging and add this into our release process moving > forward. > > The ITPs are already submitted: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648451 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648452 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648453 > > If there is consensus within the Thrift project that I not move > forward, I will honor that and not upload to Debian (but that's me, I > can't promise the next person won't come along and upload what they > want). > > If there is a credible plan for taking over these ITPs in order to do > it according to your own preferences, then I will step aside and > assign these ITPs to you. > > Otherwise I plan to move forward. > > > We will also need to find a debian mentor or sponsor until we can > publish these artifacts on our own. > > -- > Eric Evans > [email protected] >
