Re: Packaging mapserver 6.2.1
On 05/24/2013 01:54 PM, Andreas Tille wrote:
>> Currently I'm looking more for feedback on the packing than sponsoring.
>> Especially regarding the new shared library.
>
> What exact feedback do you expect? Regrading the packaging itself or
> rather functionality?
The library packaging doesn't use the SONAME as package name as
recommended by the policy. Changing this would defer from the Ubuntu
packaging which may not be desirable since the Ubuntu and Debian GIS
teams work closely together.
I was hoping to get feedback from the primary Debian and Ubuntu
maintainers regarding their plans for the package. I fear I may be
stepping on their toes with if I defer too much from established practices.
The UbuntuGIS trac mentions the BuildOrder [1] in which the low level
libraries are updated before the Group 2 packages like mapserver. The
team may wait to update mapserver to get GDAL and friends updated first.
[1] http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki/BuildOrder
Waiting for mapserver 6.4 may also be an option, since upsteam is
changing the build system again, this time to cmake.
>> With regard to the SoB preconditions I can confirm that I understand the
>> Blends principle, but I'm not part of the pkg-grass on alioth (yet). So
>> I cannot commit to the git repo where the package is maintained.
>
> Any reason not to just apply for becoming a member and use alioth as
> centralised infrastructure for Debian development?
Since this is my first contribution to the Debian GIS team I think it's
a bit premature to apply for team membership.
> Kind regards
>
> Andreas.
Regards,
Bas
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