* James Westby (jw+debian@jameswestby.net) wrote: > On (29/06/06 19:37), Eric Dorland wrote: > > * Scott James Remnant (scott@ubuntu.com) wrote: > > > On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 19:11 -0400, Eric Dorland wrote: > > > > > > > Scott James Remnant dropped me an email recently, interested in > > > > improving the automake situation in Ubuntu and Debian[0]. > > > > > > > > [0] Their plan, which mirrors mine, is documented here: > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AutomakeTransition > > It would be good if you could make a page or two on the Debian wiki. One > with the details about what must happen and what must be checked, > perhaps with lists of packages that can be claimed and then marked > appropriately. It would also be good to have a page that bug reports > that are filed can reference, so that the maintainers have a clear about > what is supposed to happen. Sure, I'll take a look at doing this before I start anything. > Are the instructions at the bottom of the referenced Ubuntu page exact > enough for you? They go farther than is necessary, but if that can be done it would be great. > > > > Now before I can implement this master plan, I need to fix all the > > > > packages that still build depend on "automake"[1]. To proceed with > > > > this I'd like to file wishlist bugs (with patches) against these > > > > packages one week from today. One week after that, with the Release > > > > Team's blessing, I'd like to start NMUing as much of these packages as > > > > I can. Once that is complete, I'd like to make the transition and > > > > raise the severity of any of bugs that remain. > > > > > > > We should probably work together to cut the time down to make these > > > patches. > > > > I'm going to get started on Saturday, and I'll be on IRC > > (#debian-devel) so if you (or anyone) want to join in the fun, we can > > coordinate there. I've just filed #376047 too, so any bugs filed > > should be made to block that one. > > > > I will help out where possible. I will hopefully email you later with > information on the packages that were referenced as [1] (snipped) that > might help you out as well. Great, thanks! -- Eric Dorland <eric@kuroneko.ca> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: hooty@jabber.com 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6
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