2011/3/27 Thomas Goirand <z...@debian.org>: > I already started in fact. I took the work made in Ubuntu, and did a > bit of rework (I didn't like the rules.tiny debhelper style with so > many overrides, or the fact that the rules didn't use setup.py...).
For years, Debian Developers have shouted and screamed whenever someone in Ubuntu added something as benign as a patch system (so that their indvidual changes would be easier to absorb back into Debian), and here you are, saying you want to replace our build system altogether for no good reason? No, I don't think having a couple of overrides is a good reason to replace the build system, and your suggesting that our debian/rules doesn't use setup.py really doesn't add much technical credibility to your criticism, to be quite honest. If you want to do this on your own, fine. I think it would be sad if we couldn't make this good example of a "this is how Debian can be a downstream of Ubuntu" story, but I can't force you to do anything. If you actually expect to work with us, I suggest you stop assuming we're idiots who don't know how to packages stuff and start being a courteous downstream, and let's just say you've not got much of a head start on that account. > Is there anyone else interested? I might open a new project on Alioth for > that, if we are a lot. If we are only 2, then colab-maint will be enough, I > guess. Or, you know, you could stop building new silos and actually work with us. There's no technical reason why we couldn't share our packaging efforts. > Also, Openstack is using bzr, and I know only (CVS and) Git. Does > anyone have good pointers to documentation not aimed at newbies, so I > don't waste my time too much? We tend to point people at http://wiki.openstack.org/LifeWithBzrAndLaunchpad If you're used to a DVCS, bzr shouldn't be hard to grasp (unless you're the sort of person who insists on rebasing a lot). -- Soren Hansen Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com/ OpenStack Developer http://www.openstack.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTinSEWRURyqySBojZQZuzUZpWQ8JNqR+wu2pAnZ=@mail.gmail.com