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Re: Reclaiming automake



* James Westby (jw+debian@jameswestby.net) wrote:
> On (29/06/06 19:37), Eric Dorland wrote:
> > * Scott James Remnant (scott@ubuntu.com) wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 19:11 -0400, Eric Dorland wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Scott James Remnant dropped me an email recently, interested in
> > > > improving the automake situation in Ubuntu and Debian[0].
> > > > 
> > > > [0] Their plan, which mirrors mine, is documented here:
> > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AutomakeTransition
> 
> It would be good if you could make a page or two on the Debian wiki. One
> with the details about what must happen and what must be checked,
> perhaps with lists of packages that can be claimed and then marked
> appropriately. It would also be good to have a page that bug reports
> that are filed can reference, so that the maintainers have a clear about
> what is supposed to happen. 

Sure, I'll take a look at doing this before I start anything.
 
> Are the instructions at the bottom of the referenced Ubuntu page exact
> enough for you? 

They go farther than is necessary, but if that can be done it would be
great. 

> > > > Now before I can implement this master plan, I need to fix all the
> > > > packages that still build depend on "automake"[1]. To proceed with
> > > > this I'd like to file wishlist bugs (with patches) against these
> > > > packages one week from today. One week after that, with the Release
> > > > Team's blessing, I'd like to start NMUing as much of these packages as
> > > > I can. Once that is complete, I'd like to make the transition and
> > > > raise the severity of any of bugs that remain.
> > > > 
> > > We should probably work together to cut the time down to make these
> > > patches.
> > 
> > I'm going to get started on Saturday, and I'll be on IRC
> > (#debian-devel) so if you (or anyone) want to join in the fun, we can
> > coordinate there. I've just filed #376047 too, so any bugs filed
> > should be made to block that one. 
> > 
> 
> I will help out where possible. I will hopefully email you later with
> information on the packages that were referenced as [1] (snipped) that
> might help you out as well.

Great, thanks!

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