Bug#780155: ITP: baculum -- Baculum WebGUI tool for Bacula Community program
On 09.03.2015 23:25, Marcin Haba wrote:
> On 09.03.2015 22:57, Cameron Norman wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 2:13 PM, gani <marcin.haba@bacula.pl> wrote:
>>> Package: wnpp
>>> Severity: wishlist
>>> Owner: Marcin Haba <marcin.haba@bacula.pl>
>>>
>>> * Package name : baculum
>>> Version : 7.0+git20150208
>>> Upstream Author : Marcin Haba <marcin.haba@bacula.pl>
>>> * URL : http://www.bacula.org/
>>> * License : AGPLv3
>>> Programming Lang: PHP
>>> Description : Baculum WebGUI tool for Bacula Community program
>>
>> I see you linked to the bacula.org homepage for this package. Am I
>> correct in saying that what you are packaging can be found here:
>>
>> http://www.bacula.org/git/cgit.cgi/bacula/tree/gui
>>
>> if so there seems to already be packaging (outside of Debian) that
>> uses the bweb name for the package.
>> If not, would you mind clarifying which GUI tool for Bacula this is
>> with a link to a homepage and / or git repo?
>
> Hello,
>
> Bweb tool in Bacula Community has been removed from bacula-gui release
> archive from version 7.0.x. From the same version 7.0 has introduced
> Baculum tool to bacula-gui archive.
>
> Here is Baculum in Bacula Git repository:
>
> http://www.bacula.org/git/cgit.cgi/bacula/tree/gui/baculum?h=Branch-7.0
>
>>> - is it a dependency for another package?
>>>
>>> Yes, it is. Baculum uses external toolset - PRADO Framework.
>>> Additionally Baculum uses external JavaScript libraries.
>>
>> Actually those are the dependencies of this project. The question is
>> if this package is a dependency of another package (in the same way
>> PRADO is a dependency of this package).
>
> OK. Thank you for clarification. I was thinking that question is about
> general packages/projects. In Debian I have not seen PRADO Framework in
> packages, similar as Opentip JavaScript library and Flotr2 library. They
> are Baculum dependencies that I wrote up in debian/copyright in Baculum
> deb metadata file.
One more thing to clarify. Mentioned debian/copyright file I published
on Launchpad, but it is not in Git repository on bacula.org yet. I
prepared it short time ago.
Best regards.
Marcin Haba
>
> I have seen libjs-flotr, but probably it is older version of Flotr2
> project. I need to check it.
>
>>> - how do you plan to maintain it?
>>> After each Bacula and Baculum release I plan to build Baculum deb and rpm
>>> packages for community. From deb packages I am going to build also for Debian.
>>>
>>> - inside a packaging team?
>>> I am not sure about packaging team. I have never been packages maintainer.
>>
>> You should probably maintain it inside the Debian Bacula Team. This
>> will make it easier to find a sponsor (which I will get to) and help
>> if need be.
>
> OK. It is fine for me.
>
>>> - do you need a sponsor?
>>> No. I do not.
>>
>> You mentioned that you have never made Debian packages before. Thus,
>> you are not a Debian developer and need a debian developer to review
>> and then upload the packages for you. This is what a sponsor is. You
>> need a sponsor.
>
> I did not say that I have never made Debian packages before. I just have
> never been packages maintainer. Anyway, from that what I read and
> understood, sponsor is person that prepares build packages instead of
> me. If I am wrong, I am sorry, Lately I read a lot of different texts in
> Internet.
>
> I prepared Baculum project on Launchpad for Ubuntu as PPA project.
>
> Best regards.
> Marcin Haba
>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Norman
>>
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