Re: Packaging resources
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 06:10:40PM -0300, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer wrote:
> While I am studying Debian packaging I like to understand why KDE
> packaging needs so much effort. For example the LibreOffice package
> seems almost instantly available as soon as an up-stream release became
> available. Does LibreOffice need less Debian packaging effort?
>
> Well, it depends. On one side I think kde stuff is composed of many more
> source packages.
Yes, having only one source package helps for testbuilding and
-installing massively.
> On the other side Rene, the LO maintainer, has been doing a wonderful job
> in keeping it up to date. Now that this does not means we in the Qt/KDE
Which also involves following upstream and doing packaging changes as
they are needed so I can just prepare an upload when it's time to do so
(actcually in many cases for final releases days in advance and at'ed
for the release time.) and by following every alpha,beta,rc etc.
Regards,
Rene
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