On Sat, 14 May 2011 12:19:22 +0200 Evgeni Golov <evgeni@debian.org> wrote: > On 05/14/2011 08:06 AM, Karl Goetz wrote: > > > As it happens, I have some questions too. > > > > * when you say 'should have [eg. a desktop file] does this mean > > 'must'? > > The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL > NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and > "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described > in RFC 2119. [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2119.html] > > :) This is why i asked, just couldn't remember the RFC number :) > > * can we require packages be in (D)VCS?. I'd definitely *NOT* > > require people have the full upstream source in there. Thoughts > > from others? > > MY point here is: > SVN with mergeUpstream via svn-buildpackage (so debian-only in svn) > Git with pristine-tar via git-buildpackage (so full source in git) While its possible to include the source in git repos, it can balloon the size of checkouts from a few MB for a debian/ dir to several hundred MB for a full game. > > * IIRC this was discussed at the meeting after/as i left, so could > > someone clarify this? "Updating to the latest debhelper version is > > considered fine". Does this mean "bump compat and dependency to a > > supported version" or "replace with the current version in sid"? > > As I understood our discussion it should be the later one. ok. I'd better update a d/rules then. > > * Why are there two pets? Whats the difference? > > The one Ansgar hosts (on 43-1.org) has support for Git, but misses > something else. It's somewhere in the meeting log. We should merge > those two imho. That would be ideal. Ansgar, what would be involved in merging the pets? > > * Related, can we try and streamline the sponsoring for games > > somehow? is the wiki page now the place to look for sponsors, or is > > there still multiple ways to go? > > As of now, we have wiki and PET. > I'd prefer PET-only, but this will need some transition (and decision) > time :) Perhaps I'll add an agenda item item to the proposed meeting for this too. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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