Bug#568303: can-utils Debian package
Hello Alexander,
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 08:02:07PM +0400, Alexander GQ Gerasiov wrote:
> > On Wednesday 15 January 2014 12:40:52 you wrote:
> > > I've notice some progress on the issue:
> > >
> > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=568303
> > >
> > > If Alexander won't post anything to this bug, where can I find the
> > > package archives, he was talking about?
> >
> > He was talking about collab-maint:
> >
> > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/can-modules.git;a=summary
> > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/can-utils.git;a=summary
> >
> > Anyone can join collab-maint, you don't need to be Debian developer.
> > It would be good if you two coordinate. CCing Alexander therefore.
>
> I'm in heavy reformatting package from the link above. (Only can-utils,
> cause I use vanilla kernel's modules.)
I started creating a debian package from scratch, too, before being
aware of this bug. My plan was to sent the ITP bug once the package is
ready together with an RFS (as I'm only DM).
> Right now I've asked my college to make clean-room rewrite of some
> lines in slcand.c, because it has licensing issues. (Mix of GPL and
> GFDL licensed code.)
This is resolved upstream in commit
393a91c7d8f6 (slcand: reimplement daemonize routine).
> I think I'll do an upload this week or the next one. If you have any
> ideas or want to join packaging on alioth, you're welcome. But please
> contact me prior any work, because current version on alioth is very
> different from one I'm working on. (And because of many changes I don't
> see a reason to upload broken state into git repo right now.)
I'll rebase my packaging stuff, fixup for the latest changes and will
let you know. Maybe we can work together then and pick the best things
from both approaches.
Best regards
Uwe
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