Re: Packaging Galois?
Filed ITP bug 898506.
I've subscribed to debian-devel-games.
Thanks
Gerardo
2018-05-08 21:39 GMT+02:00 Markus Koschany <apo@debian.org>:
> Hello,
>
> Am 08.05.2018 um 21:28 schrieb Gerardo Ballabio:
>> Hello Markus and all,
>> this took more time than I expected for various reasons, and I'll
>> probably keep moving quite slowly (you know, life and all that), but I'm
>> not giving up ;-)
>>
>> I've read the Mentors FAQ, packaging tutorial and New Maintainer's
>> Guide. I will read also Policy and Developer's Reference, but I guess
>> now it's time to start doing some actual work.
>>
>> As I understand it, I should:
>> - check that nobody is already working on the package (done)
>> - file an ITP bug
>> - start packaging
>>
>> Correct?
>
> Please let me know if you are subscribed to the
> debian-devel-games@lists.debian.org and I will drop you from CC.
>
> It's completely fine to take your time because I know for myself that
> you have to dedicate some time to get used to the way how Debian works. :)
>
> Filing an ITP bug would be a natural choice if you intend to package
> galois for Debian. It seems like some bureaucratic act at first but it
> usually prevents that several people work on the same thing thus we all
> can avoid double work.
>
> I suggest to "just" start packaging after you have filed the ITP bug
> report. An efficient way to accomplish your goal is to learn from
> existing packages. Just check out similar packages maintained in Debian.
> Maybe
>
> https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
>
> might give you some hints.
>
> Regards,
>
> Markus
>
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