Re: build question

2000-09-06 Thread Roland Bauerschmidt
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:19:11PM +, michael d. ivey wrote:
> my main server is potato.  is it "bad" for me to be building packages
> there if they are destined for woody?  should i start building on a
> woody box?

You could do source only uploads.

Roland

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Re: build question

2000-09-05 Thread Arthur Korn
David Starner schrieb:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:29:02AM +0200, Tom Cato Amundsen wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:19:11PM +, michael d. ivey wrote:

> > > my main server is potato.  is it "bad" for me to be building packages
> > > there if they are destined for woody?  should i start building on a
> > > woody box?
> > > 
> > If possible, your package should depend on packages in potato only.
> > Then users won't be forced to install other unstable packages,
> > just to try out your package.

> Contrary to Tom, though, if packages are destined for woody, packages 
> should be built on woody, because that's how the build demons will 
> build them, that's how people will run them, and that's how they
> will eventually be released. It will also help shake out bugs in
> unstable libraries.

That sounds reasonable.

> If you want to build them so that potato users can use them,
> do so and store them in a directory on master or a private
> machine and tell people how to get them.

Or just educate people on how to use dpkg-buildpackage (apt-get -b
source). This would be even easier if dpkg-buildpackage would
handle Build- itself. I like debian source
packages ...

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Re: build question

2000-09-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:29:02AM +0200, Tom Cato Amundsen wrote:
> If possible, your package should depend on packages in potato only.
> Then users won't be forced to install other unstable packages,
> just to try out your package.

What if your package won't compile against the libraries in woody?

We don't really support users running potato taking individual packages
from woody. It's reasonable to expect the libraries be upgraded too.

Hamish
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Re: build question

2000-09-05 Thread David Starner
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:29:02AM +0200, Tom Cato Amundsen wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:19:11PM +, michael d. ivey wrote:
> > i'm a new maintainer, and maybe this is better directed at -mentors,
> > or maybe it's in the docs somewhere...if so, just point me that way,
> > please.
> > 
> > my main server is potato.  is it "bad" for me to be building packages
> > there if they are destined for woody?  should i start building on a
> > woody box?
> > 
> If possible, your package should depend on packages in potato only.
> Then users won't be forced to install other unstable packages,
> just to try out your package.

If you only have a potato box, then it's usually acceptable if your
packages are built on it, so long as they are acceptable for woody
(built on libraries that are in woody, for example). 

Contrary to Tom, though, if packages are destined for woody, packages 
should be built on woody, because that's how the build demons will 
build them, that's how people will run them, and that's how they
will eventually be released. It will also help shake out bugs in
unstable libraries. If you want to build them so that potato users
can use them, do so and store them in a directory on master or 
a private machine and tell people how to get them.


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Re: build question

2000-09-05 Thread Tom Cato Amundsen
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:19:11PM +, michael d. ivey wrote:
> i'm a new maintainer, and maybe this is better directed at -mentors,
> or maybe it's in the docs somewhere...if so, just point me that way,
> please.
> 
> my main server is potato.  is it "bad" for me to be building packages
> there if they are destined for woody?  should i start building on a
> woody box?
> 
If possible, your package should depend on packages in potato only.
Then users won't be forced to install other unstable packages,
just to try out your package.

Tom Cato

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build question

2000-09-04 Thread michael d. ivey
i'm a new maintainer, and maybe this is better directed at -mentors,
or maybe it's in the docs somewhere...if so, just point me that way,
please.

my main server is potato.  is it "bad" for me to be building packages
there if they are destined for woody?  should i start building on a
woody box?

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 encrypted email preferred   : bastards they are."   -- Terry Pratchett


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