Re: Adopting OpenStack packages
On 02/28/2017 09:46 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> We've talked on various lists about adopting the OpenStack packages into DPMT,
> and also adopting the team's standard workflows and helpers.
>
> The way the packages have been maintained in the past isn't aligned with our
> team practices, but Allison and I spent a little time today importing alembic
> into DPMT git. After looking at the existing git repo (i.e. what you get with
> debcheckout), we both figured it would be better to start fresh, so I used my
> import-dscs.py script[1] to import all previous releases into a git-dpm repo
> (via debsnap). Then I pushed that repo to DPMT git.
>
> $ git clone git+ssh://git.debian.org/git/python-modules/packages/alembic.git
>
> That looks like it matches what's in unstable/testing right now. The package
> doesn't use pybuild, and both Allison and I want to convert it to our standard
> build system, but before I go hacking around in d/rules, I want to get a
> sanity check on the conversion process. Please poke around and let me know
> what you think. If the results of import-dscs.py look good enough, then the
> thinking is that we'll use that to convert the rest of the packages. If it's
> not good enough, then let's work out a better conversion process before we
> import more packages.
>
> Things to not worry about, IMHO:
>
> * Anything other than making the package maintainable in git-dpm
> * Any commits to the existing git repo that weren't uploaded
>
> I don't think there's a huge urgency here, since I'm not aware of any packages
> that need updates before Stretch is released. (Allison, please confirm.)
> E.g. alembic is at 0.9.0 upstream, but it'll stay at 0.8.8 for Stretch.
> Still, we'd like to have everything in place once the release happens and
> freeze is lifted.
>
> -Barry
Could you please put this on hold? It's possible that I resume my work
on OpenStack packages (though I can't disclose anything on this yet).
Cheers,
Thomas Goirand (zigo)
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