Bug#616131: ITA: LSB package maintenance in Debian
On 02/16/2012 12:12 PM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> I just noticed the worrying state of the LSB package in Debian:
>
> * Still in version 3.2 (released in January 2008) while 4.1 is out
> since a year (coincidently today);
> * RFA'd - #616131;
> * "behind" Ubuntu since at least Karmic (9.10) which already had 4.0.
>
> I would like to get the LSB package up to date before Wheezy's freeze,
> planned for June.
>
> For now, I just filled a Git repository [0] with all past Debian (at
> least those available on snapshot.debian.org) and Ubuntu releases (on
> the master-ubuntu branch). I think I mostly got authors and dates
> straight, but it was not fun.
>
> Now my intentions (despite limited available time) are:
>
> 1) put it under explicit team maintenance;
> Maintainer: debian-lsb@lists.debian.org ? [1]
> Uploaders: Myself + Chris ?
> 2) push the repository to collab-maint;
> 3) merge most of the current lsb (4.0) Ubuntu package into it,
> including dpkg-vendor magic to have both distros handled.
> 4) if needed, update it to 4.1;
> 5) upload a new version to experimental as soon as possible;
> 6) triage and if possible address all Debian bugs;
> 7) update the packaging to modern practices (short dh, etc)
>
> So, is anybody willing to join the fun ?
>
> Steve, Colin, Matthias: as the 3 last persons that uploaded the Ubuntu
> lsb package: would you be interested in merging the effort and (once
> done) try maintaining it in Debian first ?
FWIW, this has been something the LSB has been discussing upstream, and
we're willing to help with the work.
If the project is willing, I'd appreciate having commit access and being
an uploader.
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