Thanks guys :) If there's still any doubt, Ubuntu packaging as as different from Debian as Mandriva or SUSE are from Red Hat. It's theoretically possible to produce packages that work for both but it's a pain to maintain.
Scott can keep doing Ubuntu packages because he's well set up for it. I will be taking over only the Debian packaging. Don't think of it as inefficient use of resources; think of it as distributing the load. Yay :) 2008/11/10 Scott Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ubuntu packages have been up to date (uploaded within a day of release). > > Debian keeps falling behind because there's no easy way for me to build > and test on Debian (with Ubuntu I can just upload them to launchpad and > have it work). > > Thanks, > Scott Ritchie > > Andrew Fenn wrote: > > So your plan is to take over Debian packaging while abandoning Ubuntu > > packaging? > > > > You already mentioned he has abandoned packaging (however I see new > > packages created on 8th November) Is there some technical reason you > > can't do Ubuntu Debs? > > > > I am trying to understand what is different from Ubuntu and Debian > > which would prevent you making a package for both. > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:45 AM, Ben Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> I'm a regular volunteer in the #winehq IRC channel (man_in_shack). Some > of > >> you may know me :) I also maintain a few applications on AppDB and have > had > >> a couple of bugs found and fixed via bugzilla posts. > >> > >> I've been building Wine packages for my Debian systems for a while and > now > >> I've written myself some helper scripts to make the task trivial :) I > build > >> both amd64 and i386 packages. > >> > >> I'd like to request that I take over Scott Ritchie's position as > maintainer > >> for the winehq Debian packages as he seems to have all but abandoned > Debian > >> package building. I have the following caveats: > >> 1) I don't have a suitable place to upload the packages (in terms of > >> bandwidth restrictions) > >> 2) At the moment, I'm not sure if the packages are suitable for an apt > >> repository, as I don't have proper Changelogs or source packages. I'm > not > >> entirely sure what I'd need to do for this, so help would be appreciated > >> 3) I'm fully set up to produce etch packages (Scott's packages aren't > >> etch-compatible any more) as well as packages for lenny and sid > >> 4) I'm not asking to take over Ubuntu package building (Scott seems to > be > >> good at this, and I don't have nor want an Ubuntu system) > >> 5) I can be *very* quick to produce packages, as in the day after > release > >> (or even building packages from non-release revisions in git if > required) > >> > >> Involvement in wine is fun! > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Ben Klein > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >
