Re: help needed implementing new standards for Debian
Hi,
I'm volunteering to work on this.
I'll start by taking over sgml-base and work my way from there. I can
also take over soem of your packages.
Thanks,
Ardo
Adam Di Carlo (aph@debian.org) wrote:
>
> I'm sorry if I haven't been involved much in this discussion. I had
> to take over maintenance of the installation system last August and
> time has been a pretty scarce commodity since then.
>
> Anyhow, from my very very brief glance over the materials presented
> it, it seems pretty straight-forward to implement this standard on
> Debian. Unfortunately, speaking for myself personally, and I manage a
> ton of the involved packages (sgml-data, sp, jade, opensp, openjade,
> docbook-stylesheets, docbook-xml, sgml-tools, among others), I find I
> do not have time to implement this in a reasonable time-frame.
>
> The tricky bit is going to be the in-place upgrading of the system.
> Most of that will be handled by sgml-base, which I am not the
> maintainer for, but I happen to know the maintain of sgml-base, Manoj,
> is pretty short on time as well.
>
> I'm looking for volunteers. The following are list of possible duties
> taken by any such volunteer, in decreasing order of responsibility:
>
> - take over some of my Debian packages (or sgml-base is also up for
> grabs, last I talked to Manoj)
>
> - supply patches to the Debian bug-tracking system to bring the
> system into compliance; alternatively, I may be able to provide CVS
> access to my sources
>
> - analyze what much be changed in the Debian packages, based on
> comparing the current system to the standard, and putting that in a
> as a bug in the bug tracking system
>
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>
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