[moving this thread over to ubuntu-motu@ from
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1822069]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:28:58AM -0000, Etienne Dysli Metref wrote:
> IMHO, ideally, the Shibboleth packaging repositories over on salsa.d.o
> [1] should be the reference also for Ubuntu packaging. I can create an
> ubuntu/ branch namespace there for this purpose, as per DEP-14.

That sounds great, and fits a common pattern used by other Ubuntu
development teams too.

When an Ubuntu delta exists, you can adjust Vcs-* in debian/control to
point to the correct place on Salsa to help other Ubuntu developers find
the correct VCS.

Note that Ubuntu developers may upload (to Ubuntu) without updating the
VCS first. This is rather like an NMU in Debian, but more common. For
example, in Ubuntu uploads needed for library transitions are generally
driven from the library provider end, rather than the library consumer
end, and so uploads relating to a transition may just "appear" in the
archive. If this happens, you'll need to pull in those uploads to your
VCS, as the archive remains the single source of truth.

However, if you're available and developers know to talk to you, they'll
try to avoid stepping on your toes as much as possible by communicating
first.

>                                                                 If I
> understand you correctly, creating a team on LP would be enough to
> "claim" ownership of these packages, though not enough to force others
> to use salsa before uploading to Ubuntu.

Right. There's no ownership claim as such; just an understanding that
your team is volunteering to generally look after the packages, and
others will try to work with you on that.

> I'll go ahead and create a team on LP as that seems to be a step in the
> right direction. Then I'll try to reflect the current state of Ubuntu
> packages in the Git repositories on salsa under ubuntu/ (changelog,
> patches, etc.) so that all of this can be unified. I'd still need
> sponsorship to upload though, but that can be sorted later.

I suggest you announce your intentions to ubuntu-devel@ and
ubuntu-motu@, together with details on how to contact your team (perhaps
nominate ubuntu-motu@ for now, and subscribe).

In fact, we're quite far off topic on this bug now. I suggest we switch
to talking on ubuntu-motu@ instead. I'll Cc: that list now, and switch
the bug to Bcc:, to move this conversation over there.

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