Re: help with doc-debian package
Hi Osamu e.a.,
On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 11:37:50AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
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> On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 09:45 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> > On Wed 01 Feb 2023 at 08:38PM +01, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
> > >
> > > FWIW: our beloved doc-debian [1] package, which ships stuff like
> > > /usr/share/doc/debian/constitution.txt.gz and
> > > /usr/share/doc/debian/social-contract.txt.gz is another one of those old and
> > > strange (by-hand stuff @ ftp-master, e.g.) packages in need of some extra
> > > care.
> > > I don't think I have time to do the necessary updates in time for the
> > > freeze...
> > >
> > > The work needed consists of interfacing with our infrastructure, no coding
> > > or text drafting necessary.
> >
> > I can adopt it if you would like. Let me know.
>
> If I understand correctly, we copy webwml source and create source for this deb
> package manually in advance. In a oversimplified sense:
>
> source of www.debian.org --> transform to create deb source. --> deb
>
> What is better is create a source deb package as the pristine source and
> generate corresponding www.debian.org pages from binary deb package content
> files with cron script on www-master.d.o like debian-policy etc. Then updating
> is simpler.
>
> deb source package --> deb binary packages --> www.debian.org
>
> Of course, this needs to be agreed by the party updating the constitution in
> advance.
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FWIW; I completely agree :)
Thanks! Bye,
Joost
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