bojo42 <[email protected]> writes: > - Using the distro gnulib works on sid and Ubuntu precise (same gnulib > version) with only some different compiling output (see the strip diff > attachment), but not on Ubuntu lucid. I didn't testbuild for other > releases, but i doubt that is quite free of trouble. > > So while it's nice to use the Debian package it makes it less "portable" > as for backports and there is more need to adjust the package when the > gnulib changes. As i read on > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2008-11/msg00269.html it's > also not strongly necessary to do so. So i would rather vote for > shipping a own separate tarball (source format "3.0 (quilt)" is really > nice for that), but maybe using the version from the Debian package.
As long as ftpmasters are OK with, then, I won't object. (But they do get the final say.) > - Setting debian/compat to 8 gives me troubles on my lucid machine with > debhelper, so i would like to stick to 7 for now. Fine. > - About debian/preinst, you're right that in Debian it's not needed > anymore and a simpler script can be used, cause Lenny is gone now. But i > also did it that way for supporting Ubuntu 10.04. Fine. > As you see i care a bit about doing easy backports. And because PSPP is > quite flexible on that, i like the packaging to do the same. So IMO > bringing the package to the debhelper 7 area and keeping it clean is > nice, but introducing unnecessary backporting blockers in the package > rather isn't ;) > > Will upload to new version to mentors again, once we have that cleared. Great. > One thing i like to propose is declaring you as an Uploader in > debian/control, what do you think? That's OK with me. Thanks, Ben. -- Ben Pfaff http://benpfaff.org _______________________________________________ Pspp-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users
