Re: Packaging mapserver 6.2.1
On 05/24/2013 02:44 PM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Sebastiaan,
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 02:33:49PM +0200, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
>> The library packaging doesn't use the SONAME as package name as
>> recommended by the policy.
>
> Without checking the actual package just a general remark: While I'm
> much in favour of following policy (and library packaging guide) I can
> assure you that there are a lot of library packages around that fail
> to confirm this criterion. This should not mean I want to suggest to
> ignore this issue but finally you need to weight pros and cons.
My initial packaging used the SONAME for the package name, but after
finding the Ubuntu packaging I decided to adopt their approach.
First priority is fixing the linking to make mapserver fully functional
without LD_PRELOAD.
>> Waiting for mapserver 6.4 may also be an option, since upsteam is
>> changing the build system again, this time to cmake.
>
> Is there any schedule for this release?
The mapserver 6.4 release plan has it scheduled for August 29th 2013.
https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/MapServer-6.4-Release-Plan#planned-dates
>>> 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.
>
> Hmmm, this is a strange logic: How can you do a contribution to the
> team if you are no member? In general I'd suggest to be bold and simply
> ask for beeing added to the alioth project (well, I'm not a pkg-grass
> member either - but speaking from my general experience in Debian
> teams). If you want to contribute it is the most simply thing to do
> it were all other people are doing it as well.
It's a bit strange indeed, I'm probably a bit overcautious in my
approach. I was following the advice on the Debian GIS Information for
Developers wiki which mentions that it's better to submit a few patches
before asking for commit access if you're not a DD.
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis/InfoForDevelopers#Maintainership
I followed your advices and asked for membership on Alioth.
> Kind regards and thanks for your work on mapserver
>
> Andreas.
Thanks for the feedback and encouragement,
Bas
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