Re: New Debian packaging effort

[Ben Pfaff]

bojo42 <address@hidden> writes:

> - Using the distro gnulib works on sid and Ubuntu precise (same gnulib
> version) with only some different compiling output (see the strip diff
> attachment), but not on Ubuntu lucid. I didn't testbuild for other
> releases, but i doubt that is quite free of trouble. 
>
> So while it's nice to use the Debian package it makes it less "portable"
> as for backports and there is more need to adjust the package when the
> gnulib changes. As i read on
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2008-11/msg00269.html it's
> also not strongly necessary to do so. So i would rather vote for
> shipping a own separate tarball (source format "3.0 (quilt)" is really
> nice for that), but maybe using the version from the Debian package.

As long as ftpmasters are OK with, then, I won't object.  (But
they do get the final say.)

> - Setting debian/compat to 8 gives me troubles on my lucid machine with
> debhelper, so i would like to stick to 7 for now.

Fine.

> - About debian/preinst, you're right that in Debian it's not needed
> anymore and a simpler script can be used, cause Lenny is gone now. But i
> also did it that way for supporting Ubuntu 10.04.

Fine.

> As you see i care a bit about doing easy backports. And because PSPP is
> quite flexible on that, i like the packaging to do the same. So IMO
> bringing the package to the debhelper 7 area and keeping it clean is
> nice, but introducing unnecessary backporting blockers in the package
> rather isn't ;)
>
> Will upload to new version to mentors again, once we have that cleared.

Great.

> One thing i like to propose is declaring you as an Uploader in
> debian/control, what do you think?

That's OK with me.

Thanks,

Ben.
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