Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

[Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com>]

Just my 2 cents here but quoting d-mentors FAQ [1]:

"There are cases where upstream ships a tarball which already contains a 
debian directory. This is undesirable, even if you're upstream yourself 
or can commit there. Keep the released tarballs (used as .orig.tar.gz) 
and the debian directory separated."

[1] 
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What.27s_wrong_with_upstream_shipping_a_debian.2F_directory.3F

So you should rather have a separate "debian" branch in the upstream 
VCS, branched out with the content of the current Debian packaging and 
rebase your packaging work on it.

That way, once the new packaging is tested and reviewed then the 
maintainers (if they respond) would just have to pull from it. If you're 
worried about credit, just add yourself in the list of authors for 
debian/ in d/copyright.

Ghis


On 30/10/15 11:14, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> BTW if you really think as upstream that the package is in a bad state, and the maintainer are not answering to mails
>
> please contact MIA team
> https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/MIA
> and based on the issues on the current version (e.g. does the current debian version has serious/security bugs?)
> you can even raise some bugs severity.
>
> If the new release brings new features, and it is a leaf package I guess it is worth waiting a month or two for MIA team
> to get the package officially orphaned (then you can take over the package maintenance)
>
> cheers,
>
> G.
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> Il Venerdì 30 Ottobre 2015 11:27, Alec Leamas <leamas.alec@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> On 30/10/15 09:51, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> > Hi Alec,
>
> > > I'm not seeking any argument as to why the Debian packages are still
> > > 0.9.0. It's the debian packager's decision. Full stop.
> >
> >
> > the argument might be: we were in the freeze because of jessie release at that time,
> > so no new packages have been uploaded yet.
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> FYI, 0.9.0 (current version) was released March, 2011. 0.9.1 happened
> June, 2014.
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> > and the maintainer retired a few months ago.
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> Ah...
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> Cheers!
>
> --alec
>
> PS: Will process review remarks later. Thanks for those!