Re: ROOT 5.32/00 for Debian Squeeze
Hi Antonio,
I think you are right. It is fairly effortless to keep the packages in the CERN
repository, and I would argue it is fairly easy for interested users to add
that repository. I do not believe it is a major issue for the maintainers to
get an account on the server. It is also quick and easy for us to revoke
packages that are broken.
Perhaps using something like alioth to keep the build scripts stored somewhere
might be a good idea though. Unsure if you already did that.
>From Roucaries:
> The problem is that root is pretty hard to correctly package. it is
> geant package, that need a lot of patch in order to be build properly
> on debian. And upstream is does not help. When you submit patch they
> said we do not support debian, use your own repo..
I agree, it will not be possible without a significant effort, and I'm not gonna
argue that it would be worth it. Luckily during the time I maintained it I
didn't have to change the patches a lot, they were very well done by Kevin
McCarty.
Cheers,
Yngve
Onsdag 11. januar 2012 15.56.37 skrev Antonio Salvucci:
> Hi guys,
>
> my opinion is not to submit root packages in debian. The reason? It's a
> lot of work and none of us have so much time to do this. I think it's better
> to leave root debian packages in the CERN repository. Actually packages are
> only for unstable release, but probably we can add also Ricardo's ones,
> since they are for the stable release.
>
> Just a question Ricardo: i see compiling root 5.32 I have problem related to
> xrootd, that's not anymore included in root. Did you disable this option
> during configuration procedure?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Antonio
>
> On Wednesday 11 January 2012 15:39:22 Ricardo Yanez wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Ricardo Yanez
> > > <ricardo.yanez@calel.org>> >
> > > wrote:
> > >>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 09:02:31AM -0800, Ricardo Yanez wrote:
> > >>>> >> No, I cannot commit the time to be an active maintainer.
> > >>>> >> At most
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I
> > >>>>
> > >>>> >> could
> > >>>> >> commit to maintain a version for Debian stable.
> > >>>
> > >>> I wonder from where you obtained the experience that unstable is
> > >>> to
> > >>> dynamic and the maintenance effort would be to large for your
> > >>> time
> > >>> limit. Â Every package in Debian goes to unstable first (or
> > >>> experimental)
> > >>> as an exception. Â That's the usual way any package comes to
> > >>> Debian.
> > >>>
> > >>> Whether a package needs maintenance effort or not depends more
> > >>> from
> > >>> the
> > >>> package itself rather than a frequently changing unstable. Â
> > >>> What
> > >>> exact
> > >>> changes do you expect which would influence your packages.
> > >>
> > >> I do maintain packages on the side. It does depend to a large
> > >> extend
> > >> on
> > >> the software itself. So, fair enough, I could give it a try,
> > >> unstable,
> > >> and work from there. How should I proceed?
> > >>
> > >> Ricardo
> > >
> > > Do you have a git repro or something like this ?
> > >
> > > I could help if you want, first step I think will be to get clhep2
> > > compile and working on all arch
> >
> > Sorry folks. It's piling up pretty quickly as I suspected. I pass.
> >
> > Ricardo
> >
> > > Bastien
> > >
> > >>>> In that case the packages are fine where they are (in my
> > >>>> repository)
> > >>>> and
> > >>>> anybody is welcome to use them.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I could accept uploads of other architectures if someone has
> > >>>> the
> > >>>> machine
> > >>>> and is willing to compile.
> > >>>
> > >>> If you ask me this plan is more time consuming than doing a
> > >>> proper
> > >>> upload and enable the Debian Science team to provide help if
> > >>> needed.
> > >>>
> > >>> Kind regards
> > >>>
> > >>> Â Â Â Â Andreas.
> > >>>
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