Hello John, As far as I can remember, the policy for new packages[0] is to upload them to debian first as it is encouraged in the "Going through MOTU" section in the link I send you.
[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages Best regards, 2013/8/10 John Kim <johnkim.ubu...@gmail.com> > Hi MOTU, > > As of yesterday, my packaging for pylang is complete. The next step now > is to go through the motu procedure for submitting the package. > > Although I like that the MOTU sponsorship section was brief and listed the > steps, the MOTU submission process still doesn't seem quite clear, at least > for the new maintainer. For instance, see "follow the new packaging > instructions<http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/packaging-new-software.html#next-steps>to > upload it to your PPA or a Launchpad branch." The guide worked most > beautifully until I hit the end, where I got confused.* What exactly do I > have to upload, and how can I accomplish this?* All it gives me is bzr > commit -m... for what? Am I uploading packages or the root directory > itself? See the ls for the work directory holding all the packaging. > > john@kotux:~/packaging$ ls > build-area pylang_0.0.3-0ubuntu1.dsc > pylang pylang_0.0.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.changes > pylang-0.0.3 pylang_0.0.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb > pylang-0.0.3.tar.gz pylang_0.0.3-0ubuntu1_source.changes > pylang-package pylang_0.0.3.orig.tar.gz > pylang_0.0.3-0ubuntu1.diff.gz > > Some comments. > *pylang-0.0.3 and pylang-0.0.3.tar.gz are the original ones given to me by > the developer. The rest of the files resulted from the packaging work > itself. > *The pylang directory is the directory from which I built the package. > *builddeb stuff all went to build-area > > Here's the developer's intention, with questions that I too would ask. > > "I would prefer a direct submit into Ubuntu repositories. *Could we avoid > to submit to Debian?* > Reasons: > - I can control the versions in Ubuntu in a better way. > - We'll have PYLang in Ubuntu in a direct and quick way. > - We'll entry in Ubuntu 13.10, by the roadmap. > *Could it be possible submit into Ubuntu now and into Debian in a > separate way?**"* > "PD:* Could it be possible backports to Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 & 13.04 too?"* > > What is the recommended practice? He's worried that submitting to Debian > would mean that his package will be initially released when Saucy arrives, > not before. > > Can somebody also provide a good roadmap for the MOTU decision? A > rationale for the Debian decision and a roadmap, if any, too would really > help. From IRC, I noticed that many packagers highly recommend going > through Debian, whereas the developer asserts he would have an easier time > going through Ubuntu instead. > > Thanks very much. I could use any help I can get right now. > > [1] > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages#Going_through_MOTU > > -- > John Kim > Ubuntu QA & Doc contributorjohnkim.ubu...@gmail.com > > > -- > Ubuntu-motu mailing list > Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu > > -- José Ernesto Dávila Pantoja Licenciado en Computación --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ubuntu Member Ubuntu User #395356 GNU/Linux User #18273 Blog: http://josernestodavila.blogspot.com/ http://people.ubuntu.com/~josernestodavila/gpg_key_transition.txt.asc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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