Re: GNOME package(r)s?
* "Raphael" == Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr> wrote:
Raphael> Le Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 04:06:55AM -0500, Tim P. Gerla écrivait:
>> I am wondering what the current status of the Debian GNOME packages are. Do
>> you have maintainers for all of them? A new release is coming up soon, and
Can you qualify "soon"? Is it the "soon" we use when asked about the
next Debian release ;), or rather a realistic soon?
Debian freeze is sheduled in four weeks IIRC. It would be cool to have
the new GNOME in.
>> If GNOME-media is orphaned, I'd be willing to take over. I'm
>> already maintaining the sources in CVS, so I don't suppose
>> maintaining the debian package would be much more work.
You are no Debian maintainer, are you (I don't find you on my copy of
the keyring)? New maintainer applications are curently handled a bit
slowly to put it mildly. And you would have to learn about packaging
for Debian and the Debian policy - not difficult, but takes some time.
Although, if you create the Debian package, some other maintainer can
upload it for you for the time being.
Raphael> As for the other packages, it would be excellent to see
Raphael> 1.0.50 in Debian as soon as it's released.
Indeed. How does GNOME handle the release? Call a freeze, build and
sync all packages and then announce? The sooner we can get our hands
on the tarballs the better.
Raphael> Yes, we'll try to manage it. Michael Alan Dorman will update
Raphael> gnome-libs, I will do gnome-core & possibly
Raphael> gnome-control-center. The other Gnome packages are well
Raphael> maintained in general.
Could we build a list of packages (in order of compilation - GNOME FAQ
has it IIRC) and their maintainers. When we have the estimate date,
the maintainers can say if they can build a package at that time. If
not, others could do a NMU. As the key packages have to be build
first, this is necessary IMHO, so they don't hinder the creation of
the other packages.
Should we upload directly to Incoming, or should we use the staging
area and then move the whole bunch when the core is consistent?
Ciao,
Martin
Reply to: