Bug#604391: Apper status for Debian?
Hi!
The Apper package is ready and I'm just waiting for a sponsor :)
The package source code can be found here:
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-packagekit/apper.git
Some stuff could be done on this package (like splitting out a -data
package), but basically the package is ready. (And already tested on
Ubuntu)
The biggest problem with Apper in general is the bad shape of the APT
backend in PackageKit, it would need much more work. (and it lacks
some features, like multiarch support) I'm planning to work on the
aptcc backend as soon as I have time for it.
But Apper is the package manager with the best KDE integration :)
It would be great if you could sponsor Apper for me! (And I'll try to
improve aptcc for Wheezy)
Cheers,
Matthias
P.S: I already filed an RFS and also asked on #debian-qt-kde for
sponsorship, but no luck so far :P
2011/11/6 Jimmy Kaplowitz <jimmy@debian.org>:
> Hi Matthias,
>
> As a Debian developer and KDE user who wants to convert his parents' laptop
> away from Windows, I found your ITP while investigating the current state of
> KDE package managers on Debian. You've already done packaging work for Apper in
> (K)Ubuntu, and in fact it seems to have released in oneiric universe, which is
> great. Thank you for doing this! However your Debian ITP was filed almost a
> year ago and the last update to this bug in the Debian BTS was in August.
>
> What are your plans for adapting your packaging to Debian? If you need a
> sponsor for the first few uploads and until you're a DM, I'm happy to review
> your work, and I'm sure that many other DDs would be too. You seem to already
> be the maintainer of most PackageKit packages in Debian and applied for DM
> status two months ago, so I imagine you are familiar enough with Debian Policy
> and the like. If I do collaborate with you on this, I will make sure to involve
> the Debian QT/KDE team so that we can pay attention to their policies and
> practices as well, where relevant.
>
> If you have decided that you don't want to maintain Apper in Debian proper, I
> can take over the ITP, but I'll defer to you first. It would be quite helpful
> to have a working and reasonably bug-free package manager for KDE in Wheezy,
> which is currently targeted for freeze in June 2012 and then for release as
> soon it is sufficiently high-quality.
>
> Thanks again for your efforts thus far,
>
> - Jimmy Kaplowitz
> jimmy@debian.org
>
> (I'm Hydroxide on irc.debian.org - feel free to collaborate with me there, but
> still please do respond to the bug with your plans.)
>
>
>
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