Re: ITA: LSB package maintenance in Debian
On 02/16/2012 01:20 PM, Mats Wichmann wrote:
> On 02/16/2012 10:12 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
>> retitle 616131 ITA: lsb -- Linux Standard Base 4.0 support package
>> owner 616131 !
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> (tl;dr Git repository with actual state is available, please help :->)
>>
>> I just noticed the worrying state of the LSB package in Debian:
>>
>> * Still in version 3.2 (released in January 2008) while 4.1 is out
>> since a year (coincidently today);
>> * RFA'd - #616131;
>> * "behind" Ubuntu since at least Karmic (9.10) which already had 4.0.
>>
>> I would like to get the LSB package up to date before Wheezy's freeze,
>> planned for June.
>>
>> For now, I just filled a Git repository [0] with all past Debian (at
>> least those available on snapshot.debian.org) and Ubuntu releases (on
>> the master-ubuntu branch). I think I mostly got authors and dates
>> straight, but it was not fun.
>>
>> Now my intentions (despite limited available time) are:
>>
>> 1) put it under explicit team maintenance;
>> Maintainer: debian-lsb@lists.debian.org ? [1]
>> Uploaders: Myself + Chris ?
>> 2) push the repository to collab-maint;
>> 3) merge most of the current lsb (4.0) Ubuntu package into it,
>> including dpkg-vendor magic to have both distros handled.
>> 4) if needed, update it to 4.1;
>> 5) upload a new version to experimental as soon as possible;
>> 6) triage and if possible address all Debian bugs;
>> 7) update the packaging to modern practices (short dh, etc)
>>
>> So, is anybody willing to join the fun ?
>
> I know Jeff Licquia expressed an interest in getting involved. I assume
> he's seeing this anyway but I've added him here explicitly.
For some reason, it doesn't look like my previous reply made it where it
needed to. Here was my previous reply:
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FWIW, this has been something the LSB has been discussing upstream, and
we're willing to help with the work.
If the project is willing, I'd appreciate having commit access and being
an uploader.
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