Re: Questing about packaging Julius, an open source re-implementation of Caesar III

2020-01-11 Thread David Kalnischkies
Hi, On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 07:39:42PM +0100, Jose G. López wrote: > I'm interested in packaging Julius [0], an open source re-implementation of > Caesar III. > As it requires the original assets (graphics, sounds, etc) from Caesar 3 to > run I want to ask if it should go in contrib archive.

Questing about packaging Julius, an open source re-implementation of Caesar III

2020-01-11 Thread Jose G. López
Hi!, I'm interested in packaging Julius [0], an open source re-implementation of Caesar III. As it requires the original assets (graphics, sounds, etc) from Caesar 3 to run I want to ask if it should go in contrib archive. Another thing is it seems there's a RFP using the same name [1], what

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 01:19:58PM +, David Griffith wrote: > I think I've come up with what may be an ideal solution that lets me put the > debian/ directory in the upstream. Please let me know what you think. > > deb: > ifneq ($(and $(wildcard $(GIT_DIR)),$(shell which git)),) >

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 04:57:09AM +, David Griffith wrote: > I'm trying to debianize Frotz 2.50 and put the debian/ directory into the > git repository. A complication is that the contents of a dist file differs > from what you get from a git clone. You need to decide whether your Debian

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread Thomas Dettbarn
Hello. I could not agree more. Wearing those two hats can be stressful sometimes. In an ideal world I would be only developing, and would not have to worry about the finer parts of each operating system I am targeting. Hence my two repositories: One for the project, one for the packages. This

Bug#948530: marked as done (RFS: coinor-vol/1.5.4-1 [QA] -- Coin-or linear programming solver)

2020-01-11 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sat, 11 Jan 2020 15:50:29 +0100 with message-id <2020045029.gl12...@mapreri.org> and subject line Re: Bug#948530: RFS: coinor-vol/1.5.4-1 [QA] -- Coin-or linear programming solver has caused the Debian Bug report #948530, regarding RFS: coinor-vol/1.5.4-1 [QA] -- Coin-or

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread David Griffith
My reply is at the bottom. Please put your reply there too. On Sat, 11 Jan 2020, David Given wrote: I'd add that the recommended thing to do if you're trying to create a package for software you own is to blatantly wear two hats: with one hat you're the upstream author, and with the other hat

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread David Given
I'd add that the recommended thing to do if you're trying to create a package for software you own is to blatantly wear two hats: with one hat you're the upstream author, and with the other hat you're the packager. Have two different repositories, don't add the debian/ directory to the upstream

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread David Griffith
My reply is at the bottom. Please put your reply there too. On Sat, 11 Jan 2020, Thomas Dettbarn wrote: David Griffith hat am 11. Januar 2020 um 05:57 geschrieben: I'm trying to debianize Frotz 2.50 and put the debian/ directory into the git repository. A complication is that the contents

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread Thomas Dettbarn
Hello David. The way into debian is a complicated one. There are a LOT of helper scripts out there, which have grown. Some of them are still useful, some are not. On top of that, the contents of the debian/ directory are plentiful, and not very well documented, if I may say so. My solution was