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On Tue, Aug 07, 2007, Marc-André Lureau wrote: I have update copyrights licenses. I hope it's ok! Good work on the copyright side of things! But unfortunately, you need to list the full license grant in the copyright file (like there was for the LGPL). It's the part with: This library is free software finishing with the FSF address. You need one for GPL and one for LGPL. You can copy the templates from /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/licenses/lgpl and /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/licenses/gpl. Also, make sure they match the version of the license (currently, one can't tell whether it's GPL version 1, 2 or 3). Bye, -- Loïc Minier
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 09:06:29AM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: Good work on the copyright side of things! But unfortunately, you need to list the full license grant in the copyright file (like there was for the LGPL). It's the part with: This library is free software finishing with the FSF address. You need one for GPL and one for LGPL. You can copy the templates from /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/licenses/lgpl and /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/licenses/gpl. Done. Also, make sure they match the version of the license (currently, one can't tell whether it's GPL version 1, 2 or 3). Done. It's LGPL 2 or later for Vala, and GPL 2 for gapi. Hope it's OK now. Also, I hope Marc-André doesn't mind that I have done this, since I had a little free time! :-) Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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On Tue, Aug 07, 2007, Kumar Appaiah wrote: Hope it's OK now. Also, I hope Marc-André doesn't mind that I have done this, since I had a little free time! :-) Thanks; it's fine! I've tagged and uploaded this. -- Loïc Minier
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On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 10:10:50AM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: Thanks; it's fine! I've tagged and uploaded this. Mighty nice of you! Thanks to Matthias, Marc-André and you for all the advice! Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
Hi, On 8/7/07, Kumar Appaiah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Done. It's LGPL 2 or later for Vala, and GPL 2 for gapi. Hope it's OK now. Also, I hope Marc-André doesn't mind that I have done this, since I had a little free time! :-) Are you kidding? Great! thanks again! -- Marc-André Lureau
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Hi, On Sun, Aug 05, 2007, Marc-André Lureau wrote: The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/v/vala - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/v/vala/vala_0.1.2-1.dsc Thanks; in the future, I'll review your changes directly from the SVN and build from there, but I thought he would an interesting experience for you to dupload vala. I had a look at the changes in SVN, and spotted an issue with copyright assignments: you didn't update the list of copyright holders for the new upstream release; vala 0.1.2 introduced gee/hashmap.c which has: Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald Copyright (C) 1997-2000 GLib Team and others Copyright (C) 2007 Jürg Billeter There are more copyright additions than this, from Novel and David Waite at least. Could you please fix the copyright file in SVN? This is especially important as your debian/copyright file will be inspected by our ftpmaster before vala is accepted to Debian. Please also note that there is a slight difference between the SVN and what you uploaded to mentors: - -- Marc-Andre Lureau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat, 4 Aug 2007 23:13:27 +0300 + -- Marc-Andre Lureau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 5 Aug 2007 13:01:21 +0300 Please ping me when I may review the copyright changes for the new upstream release in SVN and I'll upload vala to Debian. Bye, -- Loïc Minier
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007, Kumar Appaiah wrote: Have you had time to look at our changes? I know that you are aware, but I just wanted to make sure... Thanks for the reminder; I'm usually quite responsive, even for sponsoring requests, but you may ping me after a couple of days without news. In this particular case, I was sick, had real life things to do, and had another sponsor waiting for longer than you this WE. :-) -- Loïc Minier
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 02:53:16PM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: Thanks for the reminder; I'm usually quite responsive, even for sponsoring requests, but you may ping me after a couple of days without news. In this particular case, I was sick, had real life things to do, and had another sponsor waiting for longer than you this WE. :-) Sorry, I guess I was a bit hasty! Thanks for the review. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
Hi, I have update copyrights licenses. I hope it's ok! Regards, -- Marc-André Lureau, GSmartMix On 8/6/07, Loïc Minier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Sun, Aug 05, 2007, Marc-André Lureau wrote: The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/v/vala - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/v/vala/vala_0.1.2-1.dsc Thanks; in the future, I'll review your changes directly from the SVN and build from there, but I thought he would an interesting experience for you to dupload vala. I had a look at the changes in SVN, and spotted an issue with copyright assignments: you didn't update the list of copyright holders for the new upstream release; vala 0.1.2 introduced gee/hashmap.c which has: Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald Copyright (C) 1997-2000 GLib Team and others Copyright (C) 2007 Jürg Billeter There are more copyright additions than this, from Novel and David Waite at least. Could you please fix the copyright file in SVN? This is especially important as your debian/copyright file will be inspected by our ftpmaster before vala is accepted to Debian. Please also note that there is a slight difference between the SVN and what you uploaded to mentors: - -- Marc-Andre Lureau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat, 4 Aug 2007 23:13:27 +0300 + -- Marc-Andre Lureau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 5 Aug 2007 13:01:21 +0300 Please ping me when I may review the copyright changes for the new upstream release in SVN and I'll upload vala to Debian. Bye, -- Loïc Minier
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
Hi, Sorry for the mess. The latest package is here. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/v/vala - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/v/vala/vala_0.1.2-1.dsc Regards, -- Marc-André Lureau, GSmartMix On 8/5/07, Kumar Appaiah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Marc, I just observed one more minor mistake; it is that the version has been bumped to 0.12-2. You should not do that, since the Debian revision number *always* must begin with 1. So, I have modified your changelog to add those changes to 0.12-1 itself; that is, I have added your man page modification change to the 0.12-1 version changelog. Now, reupload to mentors and then ping Loic for a check. Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 01:09:08PM +0300, Marc-André Lureau wrote: - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/v/vala/vala_0.1.2-1.dsc Dear Loic, Have you had time to look at our changes? I know that you are aware, but I just wanted to make sure... Thanks! Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 06:21:08PM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: On Fri, Aug 03, 2007, Kumar Appaiah wrote: Then, edit the control file and add me as Uploader, just below Loic's name. Then, about the changelog, I think a fresh, clean changelog is needed, though Loic can confirm on this one. Simply add a changelog entry: * Added Kumar to uploaders. or if you, Kumar, want to do the change: [ Kumar Appaiah ] * Add myself to uploaders. You don't need to reset the changelog / clean the changelog more IMO. Done. I have added myself to Uploaders. You should change UNRELEASED to unstable, and ensure that you say Initial Release: (Closes: #398198) as one of the changelog entries. Then, just do an svn-buildpackage with proper options and upload the built package somewhere (mentors?) Yeah, not strictly required, but I think it would be a good experience as Marc-André discovers this kind of stuff. OK. So now, all Marc has to do is this: 1. Check out the stuff using the svn+ssh://... command which Loic had first mentioned. 2. Type dch, and do the following: a) Change UNRELEASED to unstable. b) Add an entry like Initial Debian release (Closes: #398198) And then, do something like: svn-buildpackage --svn-ignore-new -rfakeroot Then, cd ../build-area and do lintian vala_0.1.2-1_i386.changes If it gives no warnings, upload it to someplace like mentors.debian.net. Is this OK? Will you please do this, Marc? Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
hi, Thanks you guys. vala is now on mentors.debian.net, Ready for you, Loic, to review and upload. I am happy to assure the maintenance, since Mathias is probably on holidays or busy on something else. Regards, -- Marc-André Lureau, GSmartMix
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On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 10:59:59PM +0300, Marc-André Lureau wrote: hi, Thanks you guys. vala is now on mentors.debian.net, Ready for you, Loic, to review and upload. http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/v/vala/vala_0.1.2-1.dsc Just to make it easy for review! :-) Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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hi, What is [EMAIL PROTECTED] :) I'll check out later! Please take back the ownership Kumar! It's totally fine for me! -- Marc-André Lureau, GSmartMix On 8/2/07, Kumar Appaiah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: owner 398198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] thankyou
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Hi, On Fri, Aug 03, 2007, Marc-André Lureau wrote: Where should go the request? I'll just tell you: elmarco-guest. I've requested your addition and you were added to collab-maint. On Fri, Aug 03, 2007, Marc-André Lureau wrote: I don't think svn-upgrade copes with mergeWithUpstream mode; simply edit debian/* to match the new upstream release and commit when you're kesako? There was a proposal to use the svn-upgrade tool (part of svn-buildpackage) in order to import the new upstream tarball into the collab-maint SVN. However, the vala Debian packages only have their debian/ directory in SVN, and not all the upstream files in SVN. Having all files in SVN can be useful in some cases, but it's a source of confusion, and I believe it's not best practice, except for native packages. I believe nowadays standard is to use a patch system instead. This is why svn-inject is simply something which one does not have to run for a new upstream release in our case; the only think you have to do is to update the packaging to match the new release. On Fri, Aug 03, 2007, Marc-André Lureau wrote: @Marc-André and Mathias: I'm ready when you're; basically, I don't feel like taking care of more packages, but I would be happy to sponsor one of you (or you two). *Ready* :) ready to what? Release it? How does that happen? you just have to put it in the incoming queue? In other words, I was asking for a confirmation that you are interested in *maintaining* the package as I don't have the time myself: I didn't receive any response last time I asked, so I wasn't sure Marc-André or Mathias still had interest in maintaining the package in Debian. On Fri, Aug 03, 2007, Kumar Appaiah wrote: Then, edit the control file and add me as Uploader, just below Loic's name. Then, about the changelog, I think a fresh, clean changelog is needed, though Loic can confirm on this one. Simply add a changelog entry: * Added Kumar to uploaders. or if you, Kumar, want to do the change: [ Kumar Appaiah ] * Add myself to uploaders. You don't need to reset the changelog / clean the changelog more IMO. You should change UNRELEASED to unstable, and ensure that you say Initial Release: (Closes: #398198) as one of the changelog entries. Then, just do an svn-buildpackage with proper options and upload the built package somewhere (mentors?) Yeah, not strictly required, but I think it would be a good experience as Marc-André discovers this kind of stuff. Loic picks it up and uploads it to ftp-master. Clear? :-) Then, I think we'll have to tag the version in svn or something, but that's something I don't know much about. Loic should clear this doubt. I would indeed tag the final upload when I send it to Debian so that we keep track of what files were part of which version. Bye, -- Loïc Minier
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Hi, @Marc-André and Mathias: I'm ready when you're; basically, I don't feel like taking care of more packages, but I would be happy to sponsor one of you (or you two). *Ready* :) ready to what? Release it? How does that happen? you just have to put it in the incoming queue? Kumar ? would you like to take care of it? Should we do co-maintenance? I don't know how that could work, but sounds good :) regards,
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On 03/08/07, Marc-André Lureau wrote: *Ready* :) ready to what? Release it? How does that happen? you just have to put it in the incoming queue? Yes. But before that, I'd like to respond to all your earlier mails. First of all, you weren't actually being rude. It's just that it took time for me to take proper note of the fact that you've already spent a lot of time preparing the package. And, it got me to see your CDBS package, which looks very neat, and it was a learning experience for me as well. Now, adding you to collab-maint is Loic's task, since you've asked him. About [EMAIL PROTECTED], it's the e-mail address which can be used to specify various tags on Debian bugs. For example, some of the mails I sent earlier (making me the owner, then returning ownership to you), were all done with the simple commands at the top of the mail and CC'ing them to control. It's pretty easy, see the e-mail related link and Advanced... link in bugs.debian.org and you should be up to speed in no time. Kumar ? would you like to take care of it? Should we do co-maintenance? I don't know how that could work, but sounds good :) Since you've done bulk of the packaging work, it is only correct that you be the maintainer of the package. But, if you say, I'd love to help out on the package. Co-maintaining is like this: you're the maintainer, and I'm the co-maintainer. If this is the case, you achieve two goals. One is, you are accepting me as a partner in maintaining, and we cooperate when the package is updated, with e-mail exchanges and uploads. Second, if you are too busy when the package needs attention, and I'm free, I can attend to it and initiate the upload, and vice-versa. And if you accept me as co-maintainer, selfishthis package will be listed as a package in my Debian QA page/selfish! :-D Now, to finish off things and hand it over to Loic, once you get the account added to collab-maint, check out the stuff using the svn+ssh:// command which Loic mentioned. Then, edit the control file and add me as Uploader, just below Loic's name. Then, about the changelog, I think a fresh, clean changelog is needed, though Loic can confirm on this one. You should change UNRELEASED to unstable, and ensure that you say Initial Release: (Closes: #398198) as one of the changelog entries. Then, just do an svn-buildpackage with proper options and upload the built package somewhere (mentors?) from where Loic picks it up and uploads it to ftp-master. Clear? :-) Then, I think we'll have to tag the version in svn or something, but that's something I don't know much about. Loic should clear this doubt. So, just get going, and let's see the package enter Debian! Thanks for the effort, and all the best! :-) Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600036
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Kumar, I hope you had a look at our effort to package vala, since it has been reviewed by at least 3 people several times.. I also have a difficult environment here, but this is not a reason to push a single-men effort package so fast. Loic, I still don't know how to use collab, and what would have been the next steps... Mathias had also stopped working on packaging when you have pushed in on collab, probably for the same reason. Sorry to not being as Debian fluent as you. Mathiasme would have been much happier if you have joined earlier to help us. I'll try to follow anyway, regards, -- Marc-André Lureau, GSmartMix On 7/29/07, Kumar Appaiah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Loic, On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 11:41:47AM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: TBH, I already reviewed and polished the version in collab-maint and I'm not too excited about reviewing a different implementation. People originally interested in maintaining vala in Debian do not seem to be available, so if you're interested, you can pick up maintenance of the cleaned up version, but I can understand you wouldn't want to switch your base either. Well, yes. And even though I wish to see your package, I am not able to since I am behind a restrictive firewall, and can't seem to check out from svn.debian.org since it doesn't have port 443 open for me to go through the proxy. Of course, checking in is ruled out from here! So, as you say, if you feel my (debhelper based) package[1] will result in a lot of duplication of effort, I shall drop it. But I am not in a position to use collab-maint because of my environment here. Thanks a lot! Kumar [1]: http://kumar.travisbsd.org/debpackages/vala_0.1.2-1.dsc -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGrGllSd75awtatOcRAjOdAJoDmBl1+m3kwGW4LWQISLuP6jZYEQCeKClm IqdRJY2XeZpPoNxF3fsp89c= =T7YU -END PGP SIGNATURE-
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owner 398198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] thankyou On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:33:25AM +0300, Marc-André Lureau wrote: Kumar, I hope you had a look at our effort to package vala, since it has been reviewed by at least 3 people several times.. I also have a difficult environment here, but this is not a reason to push a single-men effort package so fast. OK, I withdraw my ownership of the bug, and set it back to you. I guess you are right, since a lot of duplication must be avoided. I'll also try to check the package out, if I can. Thanks! Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
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I missed mailing the bug number, so here it is. And Marc, I totally agree with you, and I *will* try to check out the package from collab-maint. Just that a HTTP based checkout would be so much better for those of us who are behind firewalls... but I guess I can do it when I go out of this place for a break. Sorry for the haste! Please do excuse me. :-) Kumar - Forwarded message from Kumar Appaiah [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Kumar Appaiah Subject: Re: Bug#398198: A fresh package... To: Marc-André Lureau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Loic, Mathias Hasselmann Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:26:54 +0530 owner 398198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] thankyou On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:33:25AM +0300, Marc-André Lureau wrote: Kumar, I hope you had a look at our effort to package vala, since it has been reviewed by at least 3 people several times.. I also have a difficult environment here, but this is not a reason to push a single-men effort package so fast. OK, I withdraw my ownership of the bug, and set it back to you. I guess you are right, since a lot of duplication must be avoided. I'll also try to check the package out, if I can. Thanks! Kumar - End forwarded message - -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2007, Marc-André Lureau wrote: Loic, I still don't know how to use collab, and what would have been the next steps... Did you try to look it up? I'm surprized you didn't find any information. A quick primer: - create an alioth account - request this account to be added to collab-maint (usually takes some hours) - checkout / commit in collab-maint over svn+ssh:// You don't even need step 1 to start playing with the vala packages in the collab-maint SVN: svn co svn://svn.debian.org/svn/collab-maint/ext-maint/vala/trunk cd trunk svn-buildpackage (Just put the vala tarball in ../tarballs.) Mathias had also stopped working on packaging when you have pushed in on collab, probably for the same reason. I pushed it to some SCM because one of you was pushing one codebase while the other was giving me another and I couldn't review anything in this mode; at least having *one* SCM made it clear where I would get the changes, and both of you would easily get access. It's really a common expectation that you keep your debian/ in some SCM these days, but if the choice of SVN or collab-maint in particular were a problem, you should have spoken up at that time. I tried to help the best I could in the best interest of the package and of us three by doing the import myself instead of putting the burden on you. Sorry to not being as Debian fluent as you. Mathiasme would have been much happier if you have joined earlier to help us. It's not a problem to not be Debian fluent; I'm prepared to help you learn any new stuff you would need by pointing out mistakes or suggesting the right approach, but I do expect that you tell me when you meet a problem. -- Loïc Minier
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:13:19AM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: svn co svn://svn.debian.org/svn/collab-maint/ext-maint/vala/trunk cd trunk svn-buildpackage With some difficulty, I managed to do this just now. Other than a few minor points, I don't think there are many changes I could suggest. The only two issues I see are: 1. Watch file version can be bumped to 3. 2. The description is brief. Here's something closer to what I had in mind: Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C. . valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source code. . This package contains the headers and include files for the Vala runtime library (libvala0) required by the Vala compiler (valac). . Homepage: http://live.gnome.org/Vala Note that the Homepage: needs to be indented by TWO spaces, and not one. I guess you can just bump the version to 0.1.2 with the latest upstream version and push it into unstable. What do you feel? Feel free to disagree with your points. Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2007, Kumar Appaiah wrote: 1. Watch file version can be bumped to 3. Not really necessary though; I have on strong feeling about such kind of tradeoffs. I do recommend using the latest debhelper compatibility level, so I suppose using the latest watch file format makes sense. 2. The description is brief. Here's something closer to what I had in mind: Looks good. Note that the Homepage: needs to be indented by TWO spaces, and not one. Good point. I guess you can just bump the version to 0.1.2 with the latest upstream version and push it into unstable. What do you feel? Feel free to disagree with your points. Sure, this is possible; if you do this, you should update the copyright file to match any new contributors' license grants / copyright statements. I don't know whether Marc-André and Mathias would want you as co-maintainer, but from my PoV at least: feel free to request joining collab-maint and commit the changes you mentionned here. -- Loïc Minier
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 02:46:16PM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: I guess you can just bump the version to 0.1.2 with the latest upstream version and push it into unstable. What do you feel? Feel free to disagree with your points. Sure, this is possible; if you do this, you should update the copyright file to match any new contributors' license grants / copyright statements. Well, I really don't think I have made any great contribution. Just that I added to the description and the Homepage, watch file details. I don't know whether Marc-André and Mathias would want you as co-maintainer, but from my PoV at least: feel free to request joining collab-maint and commit the changes you mentionned here. Though I really didn't do much work on the package, I would still request you to add me to collab-maint since I want to know how the system works. My username is kumanna-guest. And now, if I want to update to the new upstream version, what do I do? Currently, I am unable to do an svn-upgrade. Probably, I should get collab-maint and do that svn+ssh you mentioned earlier, then do svn-upgrade. Is that correct? Thanks! Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2007, Kumar Appaiah wrote: Though I really didn't do much work on the package, I would still request you to add me to collab-maint since I want to know how the system works. My username is kumanna-guest. I've requested your addition to collab-maint to Raphaël Hertzog per http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00013.html and he added you immediately: 19:10 lool buxy: Could you please add kumanna-guest to collab-maint? Thanks! 19:11 buxy lool: done And now, if I want to update to the new upstream version, what do I do? Currently, I am unable to do an svn-upgrade. Probably, I should get collab-maint and do that svn+ssh you mentioned earlier, then do svn-upgrade. Is that correct? I don't think svn-upgrade copes with mergeWithUpstream mode; simply edit debian/* to match the new upstream release and commit when you're done. -- Loïc Minier
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 07:13:21PM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: I've requested your addition to collab-maint to Raphaël Hertzog per http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00013.html and he added you immediately: 19:10 lool buxy: Could you please add kumanna-guest to collab-maint? Thanks! 19:11 buxy lool: done Great! I don't think svn-upgrade copes with mergeWithUpstream mode; simply edit debian/* to match the new upstream release and commit when you're done. Done! I've done some goofy things (NMU etc.) to fix up lintian warnings, but I guess you can just edit the changelog and fix that up. As for copyright, though I haven't explicitly said so, all my changes are in concurrence with the earlier packaging, though I haven't taken any credit since I didn't do much! Please get the comments from Marc (and Mathias) and consider pushing it into the NEW queue! And thanks for introducing me to alioth. It's wonderful! Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2007, Kumar Appaiah wrote: Done! I've done some goofy things (NMU etc.) to fix up lintian warnings, but I guess you can just edit the changelog and fix that up. Oh no need to start a new changelog version; you can simply type dch and it will do the right thing, e.g. it will automatically add your name in the currently opened changelog entries and will prepend a name to the previous one if required; it will make this: vala (0.1.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Drop files which were erroneously part of the diff and imported in SVN. * Wrap build-deps and deps. ... end up like this: vala (0.1.2-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low [ Loic Minier ] * Drop files which were erroneously part of the diff and imported in SVN. * Wrap build-deps and deps. ... [ Kumar Appaiah ] * New upstream release ... @Marc-André and Mathias: I'm ready when you're; basically, I don't feel like taking care of more packages, but I would be happy to sponsor one of you (or you two). -- Loïc Minier
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 09:31:36PM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: On Thu, Aug 02, 2007, Kumar Appaiah wrote: Done! I've done some goofy things (NMU etc.) to fix up lintian warnings, but I guess you can just edit the changelog and fix that up. Oh no need to start a new changelog version; you can simply type dch and it will do the right thing, e.g. it will automatically add your name in the currently opened changelog entries and will prepend a name to the previous one if required; it will make this: [snip] I have done that and committed it again. Only, lintian complains about NMU (since I am not an Uploader?), but I guess you'll make a fresh changelog anyway. @Marc-André and Mathias: I'm ready when you're; basically, I don't feel like taking care of more packages, but I would be happy to sponsor one of you (or you two). +1. Push it into unstable! :-) All the best, and thanks to you all for the great effort! Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
Hi Kumar, On Sat, Jul 28, 2007, Kumar Appaiah wrote: I have (before reading this bug thread) made an independent attempt to package vala, and have made a lintian clean package. It is at: dget http://kumar.travisbsd.org/debpackages/vala_0.1.2-1.dsc TBH, I already reviewed and polished the version in collab-maint and I'm not too excited about reviewing a different implementation. People originally interested in maintaining vala in Debian do not seem to be available, so if you're interested, you can pick up maintenance of the cleaned up version, but I can understand you wouldn't want to switch your base either. Cheers, -- Loïc Minier
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
Dear Loic, On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 11:41:47AM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: TBH, I already reviewed and polished the version in collab-maint and I'm not too excited about reviewing a different implementation. People originally interested in maintaining vala in Debian do not seem to be available, so if you're interested, you can pick up maintenance of the cleaned up version, but I can understand you wouldn't want to switch your base either. Well, yes. And even though I wish to see your package, I am not able to since I am behind a restrictive firewall, and can't seem to check out from svn.debian.org since it doesn't have port 443 open for me to go through the proxy. Of course, checking in is ruled out from here! So, as you say, if you feel my (debhelper based) package[1] will result in a lot of duplication of effort, I shall drop it. But I am not in a position to use collab-maint because of my environment here. Thanks a lot! Kumar [1]: http://kumar.travisbsd.org/debpackages/vala_0.1.2-1.dsc -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#398198: A fresh package...
Dear Friends, I have (before reading this bug thread) made an independent attempt to package vala, and have made a lintian clean package. It is at: dget http://kumar.travisbsd.org/debpackages/vala_0.1.2-1.dsc Please send me your comments on the packaging. Thanks! Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 462, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
