On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:35:07 +0800 jida...@jidanni.org wrote: j> Dear bbdb-info list members: Barak the Debian package maintainer asks j> many questions in j> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617634 .
Barak wrote: > I did a preliminary packaging of "bbdb3", see > git://github.com/barak/bbdb3.git > but bbdb3 it has some problems: > - no documentation > - barfs hard on my current "file-version 6" .bbdb file > - depends on vm being available at bbdb-vm compile time instead of > just loading it when bbdb-vm.elc is loaded > - development plan/community/etc is unclear: where is the issue > tracker, why no tarballs on savanah, who uses CVS (!), where are the > mailing lists, etc. > Another issue, ';' does not work in insinuated rmail. It is bound to > an undefined function. > $ git grep 'bbdb-mua-edit-notes[^-]' > lisp/bbdb-mhe.el: (define-key mh-folder-mode-map ";" 'bbdb-mua-edit-notes) > lisp/bbdb-rmail.el: (define-key rmail-mode-map ";" 'bbdb-mua-edit-notes) > lisp/bbdb-rmail.el: (define-key rmail-summary-mode-map ";" > 'bbdb-mua-edit-notes)) > Overall things feel pretty rough around the edges. > I suppose I could upload it to experimental? > Or just track upstream changes in a git repo and let people install it > as a package themselves. > Or wait until it matures. I'm working with Roland to migrate BBDB to a Git repository on Savannah. I can do the migration like you did but wanted to ensure that the contributor history is correctly mapped and Roland hasn't had time to work on it. Roland should answer the rest... Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
