On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 06:55:28PM +0100, Vincent Auboyneau wrote: > Package: sponsorship-requests > Severity: wishlist > > Dear mentors, fellow debian lovers, > > I think it's time to re-empower some users, who like fancyness in their > desktop, with compiz! > Compiz also addresses a matter of accessibility, with its integration of > many visual adaptation features, so it would be a significant addition > to our impaired users. > > BTW, a couple new a11y features have also been pushed to upstream, hoping they > take it into consideration. > I rather concentrate on the Mate desktop, and plan on releasing an > accessibility enabling package lot, called mate-accessibility (see > http://git.hypra.fr/hypra/mate-accessibility), to facilitate several > configuration profiles for different impairments. > > The first step is getting compiz back in debian. It has been cleaned up, > and polished with the last version of upstream. I have followed the > previous advice of Adam Borowski (on ITP), and set the jpeg and png deps > strait. > > As for functionnal tests, compiz is used by myself, and approx ~20 people, and > is ready from sid to jessie(-backports). > I await more instructions and pieces of sound advice, of which i know > debian people have plenty. > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "compiz" > > * Package name : compiz > Version : 1:0.9.12.2 > Upstream Author : multiple (see AUTHORS) > * URL : https://launchpad.net/compiz > * Licenses : GPL/LGPL/MIT > Section : x11 > > It builds those binary packages: > > compiz - OpenGL window and compositing manager > compiz-core - OpenGL window and compositing manager > compiz-dev - OpenGL window and compositing manager - development files > compiz-gnome - OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOME window decorator > compiz-mate - OpenGL window and compositing manager - MATE integration > compiz-plugins - OpenGL window and compositing manager - plugins > compiz-plugins-default - OpenGL window and compositing manager - default plugins > compiz-plugins-extra - transitional dummy package > compiz-plugins-main - transitional dummy package > compiz-plugins-main-default - transitional dummy package > compiz-plugins-main-dev - transitional dummy package > compizconfig-settings-manager - Compiz configuration settings manager > libcompizconfig0 - Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositing Project > libcompizconfig0-dev - Development file for plugin settings - OpenCompositing Project > libdecoration0 - Compiz window decoration library > libdecoration0-dev - Compiz window decoration library - development files > python-compizconfig - Compizconfig bindings for Python > > To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: > http://mentors.debian.net/package/compiz > > project is also uploaded to alioth in pkg-a11y section: > https://alioth.debian.org/projects/compiz/ > git clone git+ssh://$USER@git.debian.org/git/pkg-a11y/compiz.git > > To check out built packages, and the mate-accessibility pkgs: > http://debian.hypra.fr/debian/import_key (use sid for last version) > > Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: > dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/compiz/compiz_0.9.12.2.dsc Following replies: On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 03:03:11PM +0000, James Cowgill wrote: > Hi, > > > The first step is getting compiz back in debian. It has been cleaned up, > > and polished with the last version of upstream. I have followed the > > previous advice of Adam Borowski, and set the jpeg and png deps strait. > > Sounds good, assuming it can easily be used with an existing DE in > Debian (I used to use compiz but I think I've forgotten how it all > worked). The obvious prime target is the mate desktop, which is growing in users, and has become an official ubuntu flavour, so they recently added a plugin for better integration. This is also, according to several professional in this area, the most accessible desktop available for some impaired users, partly because it provides stability. > > > there is the question of the source format, should it be 3(native) or > > quilted? > > 3.0 (quilt) > > Native is intended for projects developed by Debian itself. These are > usually infastructure type projects (like dpkg, debhelper, etc). Most > packages should not be native. if using quilt, i need to generate a orig.tar.gz, so how'd you proceed with that? just tar the thing, rename it? > > > Another issue, that is pending resolve, is a couple lintian errors: > > compiz-dev: package-contains-cmake-private-file usr/share/cmake-3.0/FindCompiz.cmake > > compiz-dev: package-contains-cmake-private-file usr/share/cmake-3.0/FindOpenGLES2.cmake > > Are those critical? or is it ok till resolution? > > You're not allowed to ship files in /usr/share/cmake-* because that > directory is internal to cmake. Things will also break when cmake gets > upgraded - infact what you're doing is already broken in sid. > > You should try and use CMake config files if possible, although they > can be a bit fiddly to setup. For now you could either drop those > files, or move them to some other directory (which will not > automatically be searched). > > See: > https://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-contains-cmake-private-file.html I've already sent a mail to this part's creator, as it is indeed fiddly. > > As for functionnal tests, compiz is used by ~20 people, and is ready > > from sid to jessie-backports. > > I await more instructions and pieces of sound advice, of which i know > > debian people have plenty. > > > > project is uploaded to alioth: > > https://alioth.debian.org/projects/compiz/ > > git clone git+ssh://$USER@git.debian.org/git/pkg-a11y/compiz.git > > I've only had a brief look but there a few obvious issues: > - Needs "de-ubuntifying" (changelogs, control, etc) I have been told (by a DD) that changelog "mixing" was ok, since ubuntu was already using it as a project changelog (not just deb changelog), and debian's additions would only affect last entry. What do you suggest? > - Maintainer field needs sorting out. Who exactly is working on this? > - Also you don't own the ITP - are you working together? I work with Jean-philippe yes. we could transfer ownership indeed. > - The package cannot be built since these dependencies do not exist > in Debian. How did you test this on Debian if it cannot be built? > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > sbuild-build-depends-compiz-dummy : Depends: dh-migrations but it is not installable > Depends: dh-translations but it is not installable > Depends: libxorg-gtest-dev but it is not installable > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. these have been removed, i don't know which repo you pulled, maybe i did a mistake in a link. Nevertheless, you can trust git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-a11y/compiz.git -- Ksamak hypra.fr Team
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