On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> Full ref: >> http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/jpeg/index.php?title=Pvrg >> >>> Is this targetted at collab-maint? >> >> I am fine with all options. > > I'm quite relaxed in which repo a package might end up. The VCS > tags - if properly set - will inform every user about the location > of the packaging stuff. I'm in big favour of using a mailing list > *which* *cares* as the maintainer address. So if the package would > be moved to collab-maint we should at least put > [email protected] as the maintainer (and > Mathieu and the sponsor who uploads the package as Uploaders) to > make sure that problems in the package go to the location where > somebody is able to care (for instance if Mathieu is on vacation or > something like that). In principle I have no problem to also move > preconditions for medical packages in Debian Med SVN but I have > no strong opinion about this. I have only a strong opinion on > not leaving packages bit rot in a anonymous collab-maint trash bin.
Applied: http://jpeg.svn.sf.net/viewvc/jpeg/pvrg/debian/control?r1=79&r2=85 >>> Also, why is the debian >>> directory apparently in the upstream subversion repository? >> >> Why not ? I am doing it with the gdcm project and debian-med people >> are fine with it, since the official tarball do not contains the >> debian/* files (there is a cmake rule to skip this particular dir). >> I am not comfortable with the debian process, so for the small >> organization I am working for, we use directly the svn repository to >> build the debian package and install it on remote station. I guess >> when the official gdcm/debian package will be out, this would not make >> much sense, but meanwhile, I really would like to keep it this way. > > Well, Michael is refering to the fact that we really like to have > an upstream source tarball without a debian directory. I clearly understood that, sorry this was not clear from my very first post. I'll work a little bit more and make sure the get-orig-source retrieve the original src code, instead of my already-patch version (fix compilation + bugs). I'll resubmit to debian-med once this is cleaned'up. Thanks & regards -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
