Folks,
It's not clear to me how things are going with mentoring and stuff, but here we go: I have made a few packages for Cauldron, and for the time being I've established a personal tiny repo (32-bit only + SRPMs) with them, so they could be tested and updated. It all started with https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1659 Now, here's the status: /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ HTML description: http://mageia.beranger.org/mageia/ also: http://tumblr.com/xz7347svgn Text description: /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ As I am playing with Mageia Cauldron (which will become Mageia 2.0 at some point) and I missed some packages (first things first, a newer calibre), I thought of creating my own packages, based on the fact that two years ago I made at some point an EL5-compatible repo. As I am writing this, the newest calibre package is to be built and pushed to Mandriva 1 (updates/testing), but as I have tested my build (and patches) for a couple of days under Cauldron, I’ll still keep it here. (It should get obsoleted as long as newer official packages are available.) The repository is here (32-bit only): mageia.beranger.org/mageia/2/repoview/ It can be installed with: urpmi.addmedia Beranger http://mageia.beranger.org/mageia/2/RPMS/i586/ Summary of the contents with versions at the time of the launching: -- Applications: * calibre-0.8.6 : complete e-library solution — screenshot (testing fr_FR.UTF8): http://mageia.beranger.org/images/calibre.png Added as a dependency (needed for e-mail capabilities): python-dnspython-1.9.4 * gnaural-1.0.20110606 : a binaural-beat generator * speedcrunch-0.10.1 : my favorite calculator. -- Small Games: * belooted-0.1.4 : the one and only Belote application — screenshot: http://mageia.beranger.org/images/belooted.png * gnome-hearts-0.3 : obviously, playing the card game of Hearts. * gnome-mastermind-0.3.1 : a funny Mastermind, usually not present in any distro — screenshot: http://mageia.beranger.org/images/gnome-mastermind.png * pushover-0.0.3 : the fabulous MS-DOS puzzle, now on Linux! — screenshot: http://mageia.beranger.org/images/pushover.png * pychess-0.10 : because I like it more than any other Linux chess application. * pytraffic-2.5.4 : an excellent puzzle based on Rush Hour — screenshot: http://mageia.beranger.org/images/pytraffic.png * quarry-0.2.0 : multi-purpose GUI for several board games, notably for GNU Go, which should be added as “gnugo —mode gtp” — screenshot: http://mageia.beranger.org/images/quarry-gnugo.png -- Small Tools: * gnome-specimen-0.4 : allows you to compare visually several typefaces at once — screenshot: http://mageia.beranger.org/images/gnome-specimen.png * repoview-0.6.5 — builds web interfaces like the one used for this repo. Added as a dependency: python-kid-0.9.6. Just for the sake of it, the packages are (hopefully!) signed with an old GPG key (the declared e-mail is no longer valid): http://mageia.beranger.org/mageia/RPM-GPG-KEY-odiecolon /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ Now, is there any chance that: (i) some if not all of these packages be approved for inclusion in Mageia? (ii) myself be accepted as a contributor / package maintainer for Mandriva? What should I do? Oh, of course, some people should test these packages, and some other people should inspect the .spec files and patches.... Thanks, R-C aka Beranger (with an acute accent on e)
