On 07/13/2012 01:21 PM, Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote:
> A Dijous 12 Juliol 2012, Gilles Chanteperdrix va escriure:
>> On 07/12/2012 05:41 PM, Roland Stigge wrote:
>>> On 07/12/2012 05:14 PM, Jeff Webb wrote:
>>>>>> I unfortunately don't have the ressources to regularly sync/update
>>>>>> debian/* in the xenomai.org dev repository.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have the resources to update debian/* on xenomai.org just before
>>>> each release is made? I don't think it's necessary to update it any
>>>> more often than that. I'm assuming that you eventually package each
>>>> release anyway, so it would be nice to do it before a release is made
>>>> official. Of course, if you don't have time for that or your
>>>> availability doesn't line up with the timeframe for a release, that is
>>>> understandable. I am just asking if the problem is trying to keep the
>>>> git repository up to date all the time, or if you don't even have time
>>>> to do it for each release.
>>>
>>> It would be possible for me if I get ~2 weeks notice before a Xenomai
>>> release to already do _before_ the Xenomai release what I would normally
>>> do _afterwards_ anyway (for Debian). Gilles, is this possible?
>>
>> Yes, it is possible, of course.
>>
>> Next question: the current debian directory is (I believe), compatible
>> with Debian stable. The rationale being that it allows people to install
>> the latest xenomai revision on Debian stable.
>>
>> Is this "feature" useful, or simply something that nobody does (I feel
>> few people are using Debian stable these days)?
>>
>
> well, I'm now trying to compile 2.6.1 in a Debian stable. Now there's another
> bug, in the package of the patches (linux-patch-xenomai_2.6.1_all.deb). The
> rules script call to prepare-patch.sh, and this script has this line:
>
> find $xenomai_root/ksrc/ -name "adeos-ipipe-2.6.*-$supported_arch-*.patch"
>
> that changed to
>
> find $xenomai_root/ksrc/ -name "*ipipe*$supported_arch-*.patch" |
>
> make the package filled with all patches. However, I don't know the pre patch
> i post patch question, and how will be affected in the debian package.
That is the problem, we have not had someone really dedicated to the
maintenance of xenomai package debian directory. So, it bitrots. But now
Roland has agreed to maintain it.
>
> About the Gilles question did .... YES!!! it's useful. I'm maintaining a
> group
> of boxes with stable and I would like to use the latest version of xenomai.
>
> And, not a few people are using Debian stable ....
I am a Debian stable user too... but it has become a common troll
subject these days.
--
Gilles.
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