On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:29:56 +0000, Paul McEnery wrote: > - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/slimrat/slimrat_1.0-1.dsc I haven't looked at the package yet, just a few general comments: > I'll checkout the project page and wiki for answers to my other > questions, such as what the preferred packaging practices are and VCS > for packaging. My personal preference is debhelper (new short rules) > and Git. In general the Debian Perl Group packages modules and not applications; then there are some corner cases and then we also have very few real applications :) Ad VCS: Our main working area is our svn repo, which contains ~1500 module packages in trunk/ and an empty apps/ directory :) This svn repo (actually only the trunk/ dir) is monitored with PET: http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/pet.cgi which is our main cooperation tool. IIRC all documentation also refers only to svn. Then there is a git repository which contains a few apps and some modules. It's used by very few people and doesn't show up on PET yet (PET's multi-repo support and git support are still work in progress). Since slimrat sounds more like an application than a module and since you prefer git, it sounds like putting it in git+ssh://git.debian.org/git/pkg-perl/apps/slimrat.git might be appropriate. Please note that you'd have to hunt down people to review and upload it on your own because of the PET limitations. Ad package helpers: You'll find enough documentation about that on the group's pages; just as a short note: almost everybody prefers and uses the modern short debhelper stuff just like you :) > When the package is in the right shape, will I be allowed to > put it into one of the VCS's? Since you're a group member, go ahead and use svn and/or git! Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG Key IDs: 0x00F3CFE4, 0x8649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: R.E.M.: Ignoreland
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