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Re: Perl4caml packaged



On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:10:48AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 04:40:32PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 09:33:25AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> > Please add at least a README file to the subversion repo. Or if you
> > provide me with the info on where to find those tla archives, i will do
> > it for you. It is just to be informative, and doesn't really cost all
> > that much.
> 
> Here's the info, suitable for adding to README:

Which packages (source packages) do you actually maintain there, apart
from perl4caml ?

> John Goerzen maintains his OCaml packages in a tla repository using the
> tla-buildpackage system.  If you would like to work on them, please
> reference the archive with:
> 
> tla register-archive jgoerzen@complete.org--debian \
>    http://arch.debian.org/arch/private/jgoerzen/debian
> tla get jgoerzen@complete.org--debian/configs--head--1.0 debian
> cd debian
> tla buildcfg debian/pkgname/latest
>   (ls configs/debian for a list of valid pkgnames)
> 
> ** shortcut for experienced tla users **:
>   tla get jgoerzen@complete.org--debian/pkgname--debian--1.0 pkgname
> 
> Should you wish to help with the maintenance of these packages, that is,
> of course, encouraged.  The usual mechanism for doing this with tla is
> not by granting write access to a repository, but rather by simply
> branching off the original repository.  So, you'll want to just create
> your own branch off jgoerzen@complete.org--debian, hack it up, commit
> changes, etc; then e-mail jgoerzen@complete.org with your archive info
> or attach the changeset itself.  tla can both branch and merge across
> repository lines, and so the full change history for your modifications
> will be preserved.  Please consult the tla docs for more details.
> 
> The Debian arch repository at http://arch.debian.org/ has a ViewARCH
> interface which you may find useful.

Mmm, is it ok if i :s/pkgname/perl4caml in this README file ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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