Re: RFS: ripit (updated package)
Neil Williams writes: > On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:55:59 +0200 > Sandro Tosi wrote: > >> As a side note: I think Neil wrote his sponsorship notes with the only >> goal to avoid sponsorship at all > > That was definitely not my intention. Well, I have to say that upon reading them when first visiting mentors.debian.net with a new package in my hands, hoping for a sponsor, I was a bit put off. I am not too interested in being sponsored by your kind, to be honest. (Which probably makes us both happy, so it's a winwin. :) I understand that you want people to come to you with a very good package already, and that you don't want to waste time on a hopeless case. Some prepared documents and checklists are certainly useful for potential sponsorees, but there is more than one way to convey the message, of course. I think your list of requirements is great, technically, and they would be much better if you would teach more than you scold, and emphasize success over failure. E.g., you say "Do not resort to cp or mv hacks. Use the tools and use them properly". How should this be understood by a fledgling who has made hist first barely working debian/rules files that has a "cp" in it? That the mere act of using "cp" makes him not worthy of ever being shown how to do it right? Isn't it nicer to read something like this following? Here are some rules that I follow in my own packages, and you should follow them, too. I have found that they make package maintaince easier in the long run, and lead to high quality packages. If you have questions about how to follow some of these rules, please ask on instead of asking me personally. You will reach more people that are able to answer your questions that way. [...] - Use CDBS or debhelper in debian/rules. Try to avoid the explicit use of "cp", "mv", "chmod", etc. CDBS and debhelper are quite flexible and can do a lot of things that make explicit file manipulations unnecessary. Invest the time to learn them well. If really needed, prefer patching the upstream Makefile to do the right thing to using "cp" etc in debian/rules. (See the section on how to maintain patches below.) Fwiw, I enjoy being a smug asshole from time to time, but it's never good to abuse a position of power for that little delight. You are in a position of power and have exposed yourself, so don't be an asshole about it. I am not saying you are, don't get me wrong. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: a bit policy, a bit devel [was: Re: Find the display]
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The language is not at fault, the programmers who use it badly are. Especially the programmers who choose bad languages in the first place.
Re: a bit policy, a bit devel [was: Re: Find the display]
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The language is not at fault, the programmers who use it badly are. Especially the programmers who choose bad languages in the first place. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Looking for a mentor for GOSSIP packages
"Christian T. Steigies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Did you already apply for maintainership? I think you will be > assigned a sponsor then. No, I did not apply for maintainership. This is required when one wants to produce packages that are to be included in the Debian distributions, right? I don't think I want to do that just yet. > If you just want to package your program, try dh_make from the dh-make > package. Ok, thanks. I have read about dh_make and I will give it a try.
Lokking for a mentor for GOSSIP packages
Hi! I'd like to provide Debian packages for the parts of my GOSSIP project. http://gossip.sourceforge.net GOSSIP is a set of packages for doing synchronous data-flow simulations on top of and beneath Guile. Debian is my favourite distribution, and I do want to learn hoe to produce DEB packages, but I it doesn't come easy to me. So, is anybody here interested in getting me started? I would very much appreciate it when someone could create the initial debian/* files. I think I can take it from there much more easily. Thanks! - Marius
Re: Looking for a mentor for GOSSIP packages
"Christian T. Steigies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Did you already apply for maintainership? I think you will be > assigned a sponsor then. No, I did not apply for maintainership. This is required when one wants to produce packages that are to be included in the Debian distributions, right? I don't think I want to do that just yet. > If you just want to package your program, try dh_make from the dh-make > package. Ok, thanks. I have read about dh_make and I will give it a try. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lokking for a mentor for GOSSIP packages
Hi! I'd like to provide Debian packages for the parts of my GOSSIP project. http://gossip.sourceforge.net GOSSIP is a set of packages for doing synchronous data-flow simulations on top of and beneath Guile. Debian is my favourite distribution, and I do want to learn hoe to produce DEB packages, but I it doesn't come easy to me. So, is anybody here interested in getting me started? I would very much appreciate it when someone could create the initial debian/* files. I think I can take it from there much more easily. Thanks! - Marius -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
