Re: Backporting R
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 08:14:35AM +0200, Johannes Ranke wrote:
> > > >
> > > > https://git.debian.org/git/debian-science/packages/r-base.git
> >
> > Done.
>
> Very nice.
:-)
> > > > 2. I inject the current packaging from testing/unstable to this
> > > >
> > > > repository and create debian/jessie-backports branch.
>
> OK, I had a look and the only changes you made are the changelog and the Vcs
> fields in debian/control.
Yes. That seemed sensible to me if we intend to use this VCS.
> > > > 3. I add Johannes Ranke to the members of Debian Science team to
> > > >
> > > > grant him commit permissions
> > > >
> > > > Thus Johannes can commit the changes for Jessie backports there.
>
> Thanks! I added my ssh key to alioth and was able to clone the repo via ssh.
Good.
> > > Actually, no changes were necessary for the backports of the last few
> > > releases to Jessie.
> >
> > I've taken this as good reason to upload to backports.
>
> OK, I will test it when it is in the archive.
That's very appreciated. I'm not using R myself actively - just packaging
R packages for our users.
> I have had a look and I am starting to understand git-buildpackage, which
> looks like a very convenient tool indeed.
I'm using it with all Git maintained packages and it works quite well.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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