Re: [RFC] How to review RFS package

2017-02-08 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Roger Shimizu wrote: > Yes, but those docs didn't provide info detailed enough for me to start. > Probably I too much rely on the high level tools, and lack of ability > to use plumbing level tools such as dpkg-*. I think most people encounter all these tools

Re: [RFC] How to review RFS package

2017-02-08 Thread David Kalnischkies
Disclaimer: longtime apt contributor On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 02:49:32PM +, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > >> apt build-dep (dsc-file) to build-dependencies> > >I remember "apt build-dep " is only for package already > >exists in archive. > > when the argument is a dsc file, apt parses the

Re: Re: [RFC] How to review RFS package

2017-02-08 Thread James Clarke
> On 8 Feb 2017, at 14:49, Gianfranco Costamagna > wrote: >>> apt build-dep (dsc-file) to build-dependencies> > >> I remember "apt build-dep " is only for package already > >> exists in archive. > > > > when the argument is a dsc file, apt parses the dependency

Re: [RFC] How to review RFS package

2017-02-08 Thread Gianfranco Costamagna
Hi, >> apt build-dep (dsc-file) to build-dependencies> >I remember "apt build-dep " is only for package already >exists in archive. when the argument is a dsc file, apt parses the dependency list. (IIRC this is a feature since apt 1.0 or 1.1) G.

Re: [RFC] How to review RFS package

2017-02-08 Thread Roger Shimizu
Dear Sean, Gianfranco, Thanks for your feedback! On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:18 PM, Sean Whitton wrote: > > I've made some edits. > > Your page should probably discuss sbuild/pbuilder. On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:23 PM, Gianfranco Costamagna

Re: [RFC] How to review RFS package

2017-02-08 Thread Gianfranco Costamagna
Hi,>Yes, but those docs didn't provide info detailed enough for me to start. >Probably I too much rely on the high level tools, and lack of ability >to use plumbing level tools such as dpkg-*. a low-level manual is something nice to have... I propose some additions for non-new packages: "dget

Re: [RFC] How to review RFS package

2017-02-08 Thread Sean Whitton
Dear Roger, On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 10:50:32PM +0900, Roger Shimizu wrote: > During my attempt to review RFS package in mentors list, I find > actually there's no good manual for this activity. > > At first I even don't know what to do with the downloaded .dsc and two > tarballs, because my

Re: [RFC] How to review RFS package

2017-02-08 Thread Roger Shimizu
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Paul Wise wrote: > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Roger Shimizu wrote: > >> During my attempt to review RFS package in mentors list, I find actually >> there's no good manual for this activity. > > Did you see the existing documentation? > >

Re: [RFC] How to review RFS package

2017-02-08 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Roger Shimizu wrote: > During my attempt to review RFS package in mentors list, I find actually > there's no good manual for this activity. Did you see the existing documentation? http://mentors.debian.net/intro-reviewers https://wiki.debian.org/SponsorChecklist

[RFC] How to review RFS package

2017-02-08 Thread Roger Shimizu
Dear mentors, During my attempt to review RFS package in mentors list, I find actually there's no good manual for this activity. At first I even don't know what to do with the downloaded .dsc and two tarballs, because my previous experience was all using high level packaging tool, such as