Re: Merging forces with Utnubu (was: Re: [RFC] DEX - merging patches from derivatives into Debian)
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 07:32:29PM +0100, David Paleino wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> mail CCed to the Utnubu mailing list, where some people were interested in
> reviving the project.
>
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:06:21 +0000, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>
> > Inspired by conversations here, and with various people in person and on
> > IRC, Stefano Zacchiroli and I have set up a new Alioth project called DEX:
> >
> > http://dex.alioth.debian.org/
> >
> > ...with an appropriately primitive website. :-)
> >
> > [..]
> >
> > The first DEX team is the Ubuntu one:
> >
> > http://dex.alioth.debian.org/ubuntu
> >
> > and a few developers have signed up to it already. We've set a modest
> > initial goal of clearing a queue of (years) old patches from Ubuntu, merging
> > them into Debian where appropriate. We hope to build on that with larger
> > and more ambitious projects in the future, such as reducing the ongoing
> > delta between Debian and Ubuntu.
>
> Reducing the delta was *exactly* the goal of the Utnubu project.
> Given that both of us seem to lack manpower, I'd suggest I shut the Utnubu
> project down, redirecting people to DEX/Ubuntu.
We would be thrilled to welcome people interested in Utnubu to join DEX.
Thanks!
> I had started something already:
>
> http://utnubu.alioth.debian.org/missing/
>
> Which I believe would be one possible goal for the DEX/Ubuntu team (those
> pages make queries to UDD, I'll check DEX's infrastructure on how to replicate
> that).
The infrastructure is just an ikiwiki, which Stefano kindly set up on short
notice. What do you need?
> In the meanwhile, I'm adding myself to the list of participants :)
Excellent!
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- mdz
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