Re: kicad 0.20140622+bzr4027-3 backport to wheezy-backports?
On 05/15 02:58, Vincent Cheng wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:57 AM, Andrew Bradford
> <andrew@bradfordembedded.com> wrote:
> > Hi Gary,
> >
> > On 03/16/2015 01:26 PM, Gary wrote:
> >>
> >> On 10/03/15 13:32, Andrew Bradford wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The dsc file is at:
> >>>
> >>> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/k/kicad/kicad_0.20140622+bzr4027-3~bpo70+1.dsc
> >>>
> >>> The upload to mentors can be found at:
> >>> http://mentors.debian.net/package/kicad
> >>
> >>
> >> You may want to double check the changes file, the QA info on mentors
> >> shows https://lintian.debian.org/tags/backports-changes-missing.html
> >>
> >> I don't think Kicad has previously been back-ported, so you likely just
> >> need to include all change log entries since the stable version. The url
> >> above links to additional info on how to do so via the -v switch.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for taking time to review my upload!
> >
> > The passing of the -v switch to dpkg-buildpackage (dpkg-genchanges) wasn't
> > entirely clear to me from the documentation but now reading it again you are
> > correct and I should pass in the -v switch along with the most recent stable
> > version number.
> >
> > I've done this, rebuilt, and reuploaded to the same addresses above (I hope
> > this was the right course of action, if not, please let me know).
>
> I can no longer find kicad on mentors.d.n. Are you still looking for a
> sponsor for your backported package?
No, I'm no longer seeking a sponsor, my kicad upload is now officially
in wheezy-backports [1]. But thank you for following up! :)
[1]: https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/kicad
Thanks!
-Andrew
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