Re: Updating fis-gtm package to 6.1
Hi Luis,
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 05:43:05PM -0500, Luis Ibanez wrote:
> 1) We agree to package multiple versions of fis-gtm.
>
> The exact number is still in the air, but it looks like
> we are all comfortable with the base number == 3,
> at least for the immediate future.
... provided that ftpmaster accept this plan.
> More precisely we are talking about versions:
>
> fis-gtm-6.0 (currently in Debian)
> fis-gtm-6.1 (recently released upstream)
> fis-gtm-6.2 (to be released upstream by mid 2014)
We should in any case try this packaging wise.
> 2) We will take advantage of the git-buildpackage infrastructure,
> that already facilitates the management of multiple versions
> simultaneously, in the same Git repository.
+1
> 3) We will configure the meta-package "fis-gtm" to point to
> the most up to date version out of the three listed in (1).
+1
> 4) We will clean up lintian warnings, as follows:
>
> - Most permissions 664 ---> 644 should be easy to fix
+1
> - The hard links are required, so we will add lintian
> exceptions for them.
I admit that I did not really get it why they are "required" (I think
this was not answered by Bhaskar. I think we should not override this
lintian warning and leave it as a reminder for further discussion.
> - The lack of PIC in the shared library should be
> fixed by adding the flag in the CMake infrastructure
I do not really remember this issue.
> Unless there are any objections,
> I'll start addressing these points in the following order:
>
> First : (4) take care of reducing lintian warnings and errors
Sounds reasonable.
> Second: (1,2) ensure that the current package is in a git
> version branch such as debian/V6.0-003
+1
> Third: (1,2) add the upstream version 6.1 into a git branch
> such as debian/V6.1-000
> and
> as part of this ensure that the fis-gtm metapackage
> now points to the 6.1 version.
+1
> Many Thanks
Thanks for working on this
Andreas.
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