Smooth tasks
Hello, I am co-maintainer of smooth tasks. Upstream has still activity but there are no commits in the direction of supporting plasma 5. Meanwhile, there is a plasmoid in plasma5 that does something similar, but I think overall it's rather crappy. For example it groups windows and has no option to not do so. I have written a bug to upstream but if they don't respond I suppose the package will have to be removed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caoonqaepnmfapbhqhsrpuhyb-pnz9bos5lrttojlqn7of1b...@mail.gmail.com
Re: smooth-tasks
Hi, Alle lunedì 11 giugno 2012, Salvo Tomaselli ha scritto: > > If he agrees, you could always have yourself as added Uploader > > (which equals to a co-maintainer). > > he hasn't replied yet and he has not been online in the past days so > i think we should give him more time. Fair enough. > > The fact that there isn't a stable release does not help with this; > > one > > > > solution could be to append a marker of the flupp VCS snapshot, like: > > 0.0~wip20100227+flupp0~hgMMDD > > Using this version. > However lintian doesn't seem very happy about the resulting > filenames. I see, long source+binary names and version too, over the second "not- so-soft" limit for filenames; if anybody has a suggestion for something shorter, feel free to tell it. (There's also the epoch way, although I'm not too sure it is worth it.) > Well then i guess i am done, and Salvo Rinaldi can either agree on > the changes or do other changes himself before the upload. Ok. -- Pino Toscano signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: smooth-tasks
Hi, thanks for the quick reply. måndagen den 11 juni 2012 12.28.48 skrev Pino Toscano: > This package is one of the two currently not compatible with KDE > workspace 4.8 libraries, so thanks for working on it. Well my main motivation is that i use it and the new unity-looking-like plasmoid that does the same thing, is not really the same. > It could seem ok, although having some kind of release upstream would be > even better... Uh i know, i just wrote to the author and hope in a reply. And opened a couple of bugs to point out outdated readme.. > If he agrees, you could always have yourself as added Uploader (which > equals to a co-maintainer). he hasn't replied yet and he has not been online in the past days so i think we should give him more time. In case he agrees, I've already put myself as uploader and re-uploaded the package on my homepage http://galileo.dmi.unict.it/~ltworf/smooth-tasks/ > This change shall be described in changelog. > In general, any change you do shall be there, like [..] Ok i think i added everything in the changelog file. > copyright needs to be updated with the new contributor(s) too. done. Finding the name and email of the new author wasn't really trivial but in the end i found it in the copyright notice of one of the source files (recent commit). > The fact that there isn't a stable release does not help with this; one > solution could be to append a marker of the flupp VCS snapshot, like: > 0.0~wip20100227+flupp0~hgMMDD Using this version. However lintian doesn't seem very happy about the resulting filenames. > That is not an issue. Great Well then i guess i am done, and Salvo Rinaldi can either agree on the changes or do other changes himself before the upload. Bye -- Salvo Tomaselli signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: smooth-tasks
Hi, Alle lunedì 11 giugno 2012, Salvo Tomaselli ha scritto: > given that smooth-tasks gets removed and apparently it can't compile > on kde 4.8 This package is one of the two currently not compatible with KDE workspace 4.8 libraries, so thanks for working on it. > i've found a fork online and packaged it. It could seem ok, although having some kind of release upstream would be even better... > i did not change the original maintainer field, but i know him > personally and he hasn't been replying. he's on cc. If he agrees, you could always have yourself as added Uploader (which equals to a co-maintainer). > I've changed the homepage in the control file. This change shall be described in changelog. In general, any change you do shall be there, like: - the change of upstream, and the fact that you are doing a snapshot from a VCS (and possibly from which branch) - Standards-Version bumps - build dependencies bumps - changes in the patches etc. copyright needs to be updated with the new contributor(s) too. (Also as niptic: the patches directory can be removed altogether if it's empty.) > I think the changelog has to be edited because i am not sure of which > version number should be assigned to the package. The version you chose is not correct, since it's lower than the current version: $ dpkg --compare-versions '0.0~flupp0' gt '0.0~wip20100227' && echo yes (prints nothing) This would cause the fact that the new version would not replace the old one automatically, and more important that it will not enter the Debian archive (since new releases must be always greater than the last one in the specified suite). The fact that there isn't a stable release does not help with this; one solution could be to append a marker of the flupp VCS snapshot, like: 0.0~wip20100227+flupp0~hgMMDD > In case of upload, neither me or Salvo Rinaldi are DD so after the > very likely modifications required a sponsor would be required. That is not an issue. -- Pino Toscano signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
smooth-tasks
Hi all, given that smooth-tasks gets removed and apparently it can't compile on kde 4.8, i've found a fork online and packaged it. http://galileo.dmi.unict.it/~ltworf/smooth-tasks/ i did not change the original maintainer field, but i know him personally and he hasn't been replying. he's on cc. the fork works and i am using it right now, but i don't know why, plasma decided that it's a different plasmoid than the previous version so i had to remove the "X" plasmoid and add it again (and reconfigure it). I've changed the homepage in the control file. I think the changelog has to be edited because i am not sure of which version number should be assigned to the package. Let me know your comments (cc me in the replies since am not in the mailing list). In case of upload, neither me or Salvo Rinaldi are DD so after the very likely modifications required a sponsor would be required. Bye -- Salvo Tomaselli -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201206110133.55417.tipos...@tiscali.it
