Hi all!
I'm making a Debian package which already exists in Ubuntu. I'd like to
take advantage of the efforts already done by the Ubuntu maintainers
and modify the Ubuntu package instead of create a completely new one.
Is there somewhat like a policy, best practises or similar about doing
this? I
All'incirca Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:23:54 -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sembrerebbe aver scritto:
> You just need to make the package accomplish the Debian policy, that's
> all you need to do.
Thank you, but I'm still not confident about how to deal with
debian/copyright and d
Giovanni Mascellani wrote:
> Hi all!
> I'm making a Debian package which already exists in Ubuntu. I'd like to
> take advantage of the efforts already done by the Ubuntu maintainers
> and modify the Ubuntu package instead of create a completely new one.
>
> Is there somewhat like a policy, best pr
On Nov 22, 2007 2:57 PM, Giovanni Mascellani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there somewhat like a policy, best practises or similar about doing
> this?
Not that I know of, but I've been asked this question before, so this
is my answer:
If the packaging licence allows it, you can take the package
Giovanni Mascellani wrote:
> All'incirca Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:23:54 -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sembrerebbe aver scritto:
>
>> You just need to make the package accomplish the Debian policy, that's
>> all you need to do.
>
> Thank you, but I'm still not confident about
On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 18:23 -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
> Giovanni Mascellani wrote:
> > All'incirca Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:23:54 -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sembrerebbe aver scritto:
> >
> >> You just need to make the package accomplish the Debian policy, t
On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 22:47 +, James Westby wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 18:23 -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
> > You need a new changelog for Debian starting from scratch and you could
> > adapt the copyright (if the license allow it) or just make one new.
>
> I'm not so sure.
Lik
Giovanni Mascellani scrisse:
> Thank you, but I'm still not confident about how to deal with
> debian/copyright and debian/changelog. Should I delete them and
> rewrite like as I were making a new package, or should I just modify
> them (adding a new entry in changelog and a new paragraph in copyr
On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 06:23:50PM -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
> You need a new changelog for Debian starting from scratch and you could
> adapt the copyright (if the license allow it) or just make one new.
Why? Thats IMHO a very bad way to do it.
1) changelog is to track was has been
El lun, 26-11-2007 a las 16:30 +0100, Patrick Schoenfeld escribió:
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 06:23:50PM -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
> > You need a new changelog for Debian starting from scratch and you could
> > adapt the copyright (if the license allow it) or just make one new.
>
> Wh
Hi,
[no need to CC me. I never expressed the wish that I want that]
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 09:34:27PM +0100, José L. Redrejo Rodríguez wrote:
> Not too long ago, about 4 years, when Ubuntu didn't exist, I tried to
> upload my first package to Debian. It was a package we had been using in
> LinEx
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 16:30 +0100, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 06:23:50PM -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
> > You need a new changelog for Debian starting from scratch and you could
> > adapt the copyright (if the license allow it) or just make one new.
>
> Why? Tha
On Dec 1, 2007 4:34 PM, C.J. Adams-Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 16:30 +0100, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 06:23:50PM -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
> > > You need a new changelog for Debian starting from scratch and you could
> > > ada
Le Monday 26 November 2007 22:10:46 Patrick Schoenfeld, vous avez écrit :
> > other people at Debian told me that changelog should begin when the
> > package begins in Debian, no matter if it had been used before somewhere
>
> There is no consensous about this. See the list archive for -mentors.
>
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 02:04:43AM +0100, Romain Beauxis wrote:
> However, your arguments are not much consistent as well since you mix
> copyright related issues ("take the work from others") and technical issues
> ("track recent changes before initial debian upload").
I don't mix arguments. Th
On Sunday 02 December 2007 01:34:14 you wrote:
> I'd like to hear what Paul, Mirco and Cesare have to
> say on this subject.
Not being a Debian maintainer myself, I don't really feel entitled to say what
you should do or not do about the changelog.
Pragmatically, if the Ubuntu history is relevan
2007/12/2, Patrick Schoenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 1) Copyright / license issues: By removing important information from
> the previous packaging you might insult the packaging license.
> Redistribution in Debian might therefore be illegal.
While I do believe that, as a general rule, it's much
Hi Miriam,
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 11:35:31PM +0100, Miriam Ruiz wrote:
> While I do believe that, as a general rule, it's much better to keep
> old changelog entries, I'm pretty sure it's not illegal at all
> toremove them (IANAL) as long as you keep the copyright statements. It
> might not be po
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 11:35:31PM +0100, Miriam Ruiz wrote:
> 2007/12/2, Patrick Schoenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > 1) Copyright / license issues: By removing important information from
> > the previous packaging you might insult the packaging license.
> > Redistribution in Debian might theref
On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 15:17 +0100, Cesare Tirabassi wrote:
> On Sunday 02 December 2007 01:34:14 you wrote:
>
> > I'd like to hear what Paul, Mirco and Cesare have to
> > say on this subject.
>
> Not being a Debian maintainer myself, I don't really feel entitled to say
> what
> you should do or
On Wednesday 05 December 2007 04:27:28 C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to respond Cesare,
No problem at all.
> I asked for your input not for your association with a particular group,
> but because of your first-hand experience with the subject matter.
OK, it would hav
Hi,
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 12:16:12PM -0800, C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:
> I'm sorry, what is an "SRU"?
with Google the first hit I found by earching for "SRU+Ubuntu" was
[1], so I think this are updates to a "stable" Ubuntu release.
Best Regards,
Patrick
[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableRelea
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:42:56PM +0100, Cesare Tirabassi wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 December 2007 04:27:28 C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:
> > Do you feel that it is appropriate to copy someone else's changelog
> > entry verbatim without giving credit to the original author?
>
> I guess you refer to mon
On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 13:42 +0100, Cesare Tirabassi wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 December 2007 04:27:28 C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:
>
> > Thank you for taking the time to respond Cesare,
>
> No problem at all.
>
> > I asked for your input not for your association with a particular group,
> > but bec
On Dec 8, 2007 4:47 AM, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:42:56PM +0100, Cesare Tirabassi wrote:
> > On Wednesday 05 December 2007 04:27:28 C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:
> > > Do you feel that it is appropriate to copy someone else's changelog
> > > entry verbatim wi
Hi,
On Sunday 02 December 2007 13:19, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote:
> > > Thats bad. You should not answer to such questions if you don't know it
> > > for your self! Thats especially true because of your DD status that
> > > causes others to give your saying more confidence.
> >
> > Please, try to ke
Hi,
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 09:08:54PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Sunday 02 December 2007 13:19, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote:
> > Really, it may have sounded more rude to you, then it was meant to be.
> > But I was really annoyed by such a statement,
>
> That rather implies you were unfriendl
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 09:08:54PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sunday 02 December 2007 13:19, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote:
> > > > Thats bad. You should not answer to such questions if you don't know it
> > > > for your self! Thats especially true because of your DD status that
> > > > c
> > > Really, it may have sounded more rude to you, then it was meant to be.
>
> > > But I was really annoyed by such a statement,
> >
> > That rather implies you were unfriendly, at least I'm often (too)
> > unfriendly,
>
> Misusing "then" an
Hi,
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:46:49AM +0100, Ondrej Certik wrote:
> > > > Really, it may have sounded more rude to you, then it was meant to be.
> >
> > > > But I was really annoyed by such a statement,
> > >
> > > That rather implies you wer
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 09:11:00AM +0100, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:46:49AM +0100, Ondrej Certik wrote:
> > > > > Really, it may have sounded more rude to you, then it was meant to be.
> > >
> > > > > But I was real
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