Re: Seeking guidance re assisting with existing Debian package
Hi, MIA team is aware now.
If you want to contribute, just send your package (source.changes) to mentors.debian.net
and open an RFS bug to have an NMU in debian (the accept mail has a link for the RFS template).
fix the RC bug, and the other bugs (optioally update to the new release), and look for a sponsor.
A package that had two only uploads, an RC unanswered since one year, it really needs some care
(or removal from unstable).
thanks in advance for any work you will do!
Gianfranco
Il Domenica 17 Aprile 2016 6:59, Jeremy Davis <jeremy@turnkeylinux.org> ha scritto:
Hi all,
Just wanting to clarify the process in my hope to assist with the Debian
package of Adminer. TBH I have never formerly been involved with Debian
packaging but I think that I have a reasonable idea of what's involved.
At least the basics... Besides I've got you lovely people here to help
me when I get stuck! :)
Anyway, the version of Adminer in Jessie is really old. I note that
there is a newer version uploaded but it is stuck in Sid, I assume due
to policy bug in the source package. There are additional bugs too that
will probably need to be tidied up...
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=adminer
For the record I'm a Debian daily driver plus I am heavily involved with
TurnKey Linux[1] (a Debian derivative). TurnKey uses Adminer in many
appliances hence part of my interest in seeing a newer version in Debian...
[1] https://www.turnkeylinux.org/
I have just emailed the current maintainer (directly) seeking input from
him around what I could do to help. I'm assuming that I should probably
just wait and see how that goes before I take any further steps,
although I have some specific questions:
-I have literally just sent the email to him; but how long is "long
enough" to wait on a response? Days? Weeks? Months?
-is there some "debian" space where I should also post (other than here)
to find out what is going on? If so where?
-the packages isn't up for adoption nor is there any request for help
but perhaps I've missed something somewhere? Is there a really easy way
to double check the status of a package in that regard that I may have
missed?
-is there something/anything that I could/should do while I wait?
-if I don't get a response, what then?
-if I get a response:
-should we just discuss things directly between ourselves, or should
we be working in some open/public/Debian-specific space somewhere? Is
there some policy or guidelines on this or do we just decide ourselves?
-what is the usual/best way to collaborate on things like this?
Would you use github? Or is there something different/better? Or again
do we just work it out ourselves?
Open to any input around this stuff, including links to docs that I
might have missed etc...
Regards,
Jeremy Davis
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