Re: Question about packaging a library.

[Andreas Fester <Andreas.Fester@gmx.de>]

Hi,

> Probably someone to help you, actually. See if you can get a sponsor for the 
> library (have you done an ITP for the library?), see if there is an existing 
> maintainer who might help you.

I am working on debian packages for log4cxx for some time,
and this is also my first package; learned a lot through it,
so if you have any specific questions do not hesitate to contact
me.

Basically, the descriptions in the New Maintainers Guide should
be enough as a starting point, and you should at least read
the Debian Library Packaging guide you mentioned because it contains
some important information about naming conventions.

You could apt-get source some other simple library to see how other
libraries are built.
You could have a look at my work-in-progress at
http://littletux.homelinux.org/debian/log4cxx. And you could browse
the CVS repository at http://littletux.homelinux.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/
to view the path I was following while working on the package :-)

Once you have the package done, provide it somewhere so
that others can have a look at it.

Best Regards,

	Andreas

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