On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Ian Ward wrote: > >Given than Ian is the upstream author of the module, he is of course > >welcome in the team if he so wishes. Ian, just give me your alioth login > >if you are interested. > > Sure, but I am not a debian developer.. should I create a guest account > on alioth?
Yes. > >I suggest on the contrary to do that before it enters Debian so that the > >ftpmaster do not create packages that will disappear shortly after and so > >that you don't have an upgrade path to handle. > > My understanding of debian packaging is quite limited. I tried to create > packages the same way I saw another python library packaged. If the > python-urwid package that enters the debian repositories is different > than what I have created, how do I transition people that are using my > repository to the new python-support way? Do I even have to? Packages won't conflict so the user may have both installed. We can consider adding conflicts to avoid this problem. > I would like to continue to support people that aren't running debian > unstable with packages for python2.1 (and python2.4 for ubuntu) The package with python-support would work with any python version. Ubuntu probably has python-support (in universe) so it shouldn't be a problem either. I'll let you check those details with Paul. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]