New source format repackaging: Status. [LONG]
Hello,
Here's the updated list of packages needing to be in new source format
before "bo" freeze (Feb. 27th).
There are many more packages in the old source format, but our first goal
will be to convert sources of packages with priority "required" or
"standard", to make the job easier to people working on non-i386 ports. The ~
200 other packages will follow soon.
Please tell me if there are errors in this list, or if some packages are
missing (and updates of course).
Quick Policy about "repackaging":
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Concerning developpers with packages in old source format:
1/ If one or more of your packages are listed bellow, please try to make the
changes yourself. If you can't for some reason, please email me the list of
your packages you'd like someone else to convert. (Add if you want the diff's
to be sent up to you to make the upload yourself, or if you want to orphan
the package).
2/ If you don't "show up" for 1 week (ie: no new package uploaded and no
email sent to request help), someone will make the changes for you.
Concerning developpers doing repackaging:
1/ Before you start working on a package, email the package maintainer and me
so that we can keep track of who's doing what (and avoid some work being done
twice).
2/ "Repackagers" are encouraged (but certainly not forced) to:
- upgrade to upstream release if applicable.
- have a look at the bug reports concerning the package and try
to correct and close some of them.
3/ Once the conversion is done:
Send the diffs to the maintainer so that he can upload the package. If
there's no reply/upload from him for 2 weeks. The package will be uploaded to
master by the repackager with the maintainer field set to "orphan". (Unless
he or someone else want to take over it).
3'/ Some might think the delays are a bit short, but:
- Now + 1 week + 2 weeks =~ 1 week before "bo" freeze.
- I guess 1 week is enough to send an email saying "I'm busy,
please repackage my packages for me, thanx."
General stuff:
List of _known_ orphaned packages (there are probably many more):
libc4 extra libs (orphaned)
libc4-dev extra devel (orphaned)
gopher-client extra non-free (orphan)
gopherd extra non-free (orphan)
those 4 are in still in the old package format, but I don't think these
packages are very usefull anymore, and can be safely dropped unless someone
really wants to maintain them.
As always, comments/questions/feedback welcome...
And now the list: _(;
PACKAGE LIST (sort by package priority: "required" and "standard" only)
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Package Name Priority Section Maintainer
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bsdutils required base Austin Donnelly <and1000@debian.org>
libc5 required base David Engel <david@debian.org>
mbr required base Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
mount required base Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org>
ncurses-base required base Michael Alan Dorman
ncurses-bin required base Michael Alan Dorman
ncurses3.0 required base Michael Alan Dorman
sysklogd required base Martin Schulze <joey@linux.de>
tar required base Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
timezone required base Fernando Alegre <alegre@mars.superlink.net>
bison standard devel Anders Chrigstrom <ac@netg.se>
dnsutils standard net Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org>
dvipsk standard tex Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
electric-fence standard devel Siggy Brentrup <bsb@uni-muenster.de>
emacs standard editors Mark Eichin <eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us>
file standard utils Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
flex standard devel Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org>
gpm standard misc Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>
iamerican standard text Kenneth MacDonald <K.MacDonald@ed.ac.uk>
ibritish standard text Kenneth MacDonald <K.MacDonald@ed.ac.uk>
ispell standard text Kenneth MacDonald <K.MacDonald@ed.ac.uk>
kpathsea standard tex Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
latex standard tex Erick Branderhorst <branderh@debian.org>
less standard text Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
libc5-dev standard devel David Engel <david@debian.org>
lpr standard net Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
mfbasfnt standard tex Erick Branderhorst <branderh@debian.org>
mfbin standard tex Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
mflib standard tex Erick Branderhorst <branderh@debian.org>
mpack standard mail Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org>
mtools standard otherosfs Mark Eichin <eichin@cygnus.com>
ncurses-term standard admin Michael Alan Dorman
patch standard utils Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
rcs standard devel Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
sox standard sound Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org>
texbin standard tex Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
texlib standard tex Erick Branderhorst <branderh@debian.org>
wenglish standard text Erick Branderhorst
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