Re: ROOT 5.32/00 for Debian Squeeze
> Hi guys,
>
> my opinion is not to submit root packages in debian. The reason? It's a
> lot of work and none of us have so much time to do this. I think it's
> better
> to leave root debian packages in the CERN repository. Actually packages
> are
> only for unstable release, but probably we can add also Ricardo's ones,
> since
> they are for the stable release.
I see no problem in that. Distributing the packages for stable in a more
centralized way would make more sense than having separate repositories.
This is a really good idea. I would be willing to maintain the packages
and the upload them to the CERN repository.
>
> Just a question Ricardo: i see compiling root 5.32 I have problem
> related to
> xrootd, that's not anymore included in root. Did you disable this option
> during configuration procedure?
No, it's not disabled. I solved this by using the script
installXrootd.sh in debian/rules to download, build and then package
xrootd.
Ricardo
>
> Cheers,
>
> Antonio
>
>
> On Wednesday 11 January 2012 15:39:22 Ricardo Yanez wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Ricardo Yanez
>> <ricardo.yanez@calel.org>
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 09:02:31AM -0800, Ricardo Yanez wrote:
>> >>>> >> No, I cannot commit the time to be an active maintainer. At
>> most
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I
>> >>>>
>> >>>> >> could
>> >>>> >> commit to maintain a version for Debian stable.
>> >>>
>> >>> I wonder from where you obtained the experience that unstable is
>> to
>> >>> dynamic and the maintenance effort would be to large for your time
>> >>> limit. Â Every package in Debian goes to unstable first (or
>> >>> experimental)
>> >>> as an exception. Â That's the usual way any package comes to
>> Debian.
>> >>>
>> >>> Whether a package needs maintenance effort or not depends more
>> from
>> >>> the
>> >>> package itself rather than a frequently changing unstable. Â What
>> >>> exact
>> >>> changes do you expect which would influence your packages.
>> >>
>> >> I do maintain packages on the side. It does depend to a large
>> extend
>> >> on
>> >> the software itself. So, fair enough, I could give it a try,
>> unstable,
>> >> and work from there. How should I proceed?
>> >>
>> >> Ricardo
>> >
>> > Do you have a git repro or something like this ?
>> >
>> > I could help if you want, first step I think will be to get clhep2
>> > compile and working on all arch
>>
>> Sorry folks. It's piling up pretty quickly as I suspected. I pass.
>>
>> Ricardo
>>
>> > Bastien
>> >
>> >>>> In that case the packages are fine where they are (in my
>> repository)
>> >>>> and
>> >>>> anybody is welcome to use them.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I could accept uploads of other architectures if someone has the
>> >>>> machine
>> >>>> and is willing to compile.
>> >>>
>> >>> If you ask me this plan is more time consuming than doing a proper
>> >>> upload and enable the Debian Science team to provide help if
>> needed.
>> >>>
>> >>> Kind regards
>> >>>
>> >>> Â Â Â Â Andreas.
>> >>>
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