Bug#636679: Sponsoring apitrace package for Debian
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:16:15AM +0010, Christopher James Halse Rogers wrote: > >Ok, found something in git://git.debian.org/pkg-xorg/app/apitrace.git. > >Some issues: > > > >- It's an old version, latest is 5.0. Do you intend to update this > >package? > > Yes; I'm about halfway through doing so. As you might have noticed, the > annoying bit is extracting a bunch of embedded code copies - zlib, snappy, > png. > > I hit my buildsystem-madness threshold and then got busy with other things. > I'll see if I can finish this off tonight. Great! Just let me know when you think you have something ready for upload then :) > >- Why use pristine-tar when upstream does not provide any tarballs at all? > > So people can easily build packages requiring Debian-only updates given only > the git packaging branch, rather than the packaging branch plus downloading > the tarball from the Debian archives. Ok, I hadn't thought of that. I've never used the git packaging method myself. -- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#636679: Sponsoring apitrace package for Debian
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Guus Sliepen wrote: On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 01:44:32PM +0200, Guus Sliepen wrote: Please tell me where I can download your apitrace packages, and unless there is something wrong with them I'll upload them to Debian today. Ok, found something in git://git.debian.org/pkg-xorg/app/apitrace.git. Some issues: - It's an old version, latest is 5.0. Do you intend to update this package? Yes; I'm about halfway through doing so. As you might have noticed, the annoying bit is extracting a bunch of embedded code copies - zlib, snappy, png. I hit my buildsystem-madness threshold and then got busy with other things. I'll see if I can finish this off tonight. - You're using pristine-tar, but the upstream version in debian/changelog does not match any of the tarballs in the repository. - Why use pristine-tar when upstream does not provide any tarballs at all? So people can easily build packages requiring Debian-only updates given only the git packaging branch, rather than the packaging branch plus downloading the tarball from the Debian archives. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#636679: Sponsoring apitrace package for Debian
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 01:44:32PM +0200, Guus Sliepen wrote: > Please tell me where I can download your apitrace packages, and unless there > is > something wrong with them I'll upload them to Debian today. Ok, found something in git://git.debian.org/pkg-xorg/app/apitrace.git. Some issues: - It's an old version, latest is 5.0. Do you intend to update this package? - You're using pristine-tar, but the upstream version in debian/changelog does not match any of the tarballs in the repository. - Why use pristine-tar when upstream does not provide any tarballs at all? -- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#636679: Sponsoring apitrace package for Debian
Hello Christopher, Please tell me where I can download your apitrace packages, and unless there is something wrong with them I'll upload them to Debian today. -- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen signature.asc Description: Digital signature
