On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 10:57:59AM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Package: gnome-app-install > > Hi, > > debian ships a ridiculous old version of gnome-app-install, please fix.
I do not want to package a new version just because it is available. There
may be a few issues with it, but no Debian user has been hit by them yet.
I have many changes pending for gnome-app-install, and a lot of stuff which
has to be discussed with upstream first, e.g.:
* Make gnome-app-install a native Debian package shared by Debian&Ubuntu.
=> Handle differences using substvars and dynamic patching
* Integrate access to screenshots.debian.net, like synaptic already does.
* Handle the new gstreamer-codec-install by using alternatives (like Ubuntu),
instead of simply disabling our gnome-codec-install (like in experimental).
=> Makes backporting easier - I want to backport the cool screenshot stuff
mentioned above.
* Switch from CDBS to debhelper 7 - because cdbs is just not needed anymore,
and reducing build-dependencies is always nice.
* Make the AppInstall Python package private, i.e. install into
/usr/share/gnome-app-install/AppInstall, as written in the Python Policy.
=> We don't need public modules, because g-a-i applications are the only
ones using them.
* Maybe drop the use of synaptic and use the functionality provided by
python-apt 0.7.9 to install the packages.
As you can see, there are many planned changes, and the first step is to prepare
those that can be easily merged upstream (code changes), afterwards merge the
packaging, and finally upload a new release.
I hope to get everything finished next week, but it also depends on mvo (CCed)
being reachable and agreeing with my plans. The final product may be named 0.6,
0.5.30 or similar.
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