On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:06:44 +0000 "Frederique W. Piccart" <f...@autistici.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:53:37 +0200, Niklas Cholmkvist > <towards...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, Hi, > > if someone makes packages for debian, and wants to make packages for > > gNewSense, does that packager need to change anything in the way > > that packager makes it's packages? For example do they need to Depends which Distribution, and how they've made the package. > > replace, wherever it says 'debian' with 'gnewsense'? Are there any No. (For example, you can't remove the debian/ directory in the package source). The answer to this also changes depending on which gNewSense personality your dealing with (deltah or metad). > > other concerns? > > > > Cheers > > > > I don't believe so, not at the moment at least. Most of the packages, > if not all, are labeled with lenny right now in metad. They've been directly imported from Debian, so they carry over their old distribution name. > Maybe in the future, once the gNewSense userbase and maintainer list > grows out largely, gNewSense might start its own packaging system so > it does not have to rely on Debian that much, but I don't see that > happening anytime soon, although it would be nice. :) If 'own packaging system' means 'own package building' then yes, that should come along. (Depending on how busy i am, sooner or later...) > If you want a certain package to end up in gNewSense, you can either > make sure it's accepted in Debian, but it would take a while for it > to appear on gNewSense seeing it's based on the stable branch. I know > you can adopt packages in gNewSense, so you might also be able to > introduce any new packages. Depends on the package, how intrusive the change is, and wether you look like someone we should accept packages from [1]. [1] for example if your in a suite and tie I'll doubt you :) kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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