Hi, Mohammed Adnène Trojette wrote:
> Let us coordinate our uploads in experimental. Just provide me with a > URL to your .dsc and I'll upload both at once. > > I'd suggest adding an entry in NEWS.Debian just so that our users are > aware of what is happening. > > Would you agree comaintaining lzma? Sure, I'd be happy to comaintain lzma. Here's a proposed package for xz-utils in experimental: git://git.debian.org/collab-maint/xz.git experimental http://alioth.debian.org/~jrnieder-guest/xz-utils/xz-utils_5.1.1alpha+20110809-3~exp2.dsc It registers an "lzma" alternative in the xz-utils package with priority 20 (i.e., below that of lzmp). This way, everyone gets the lzma commands and those who have the lzma package installed can continue to use it. The version number is 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3~exp2, meaning the Conflicts in lzma would have to be updated to match. The package doesn't include a NEWS.Debian to avoid pestering the admin when there is nothing for her to do. People who had xz-lzma installed do not have lzma installed, so /usr/bin/lzma remains a symlink to xz; people who had lzma installed continue to have /usr/bin/lzma provided by lzmp. README.Debian gets an update to suggest use of update-alternatives instead of installation of the xz-lzma package. In a way, I wish this kept the xz-lzma package, because it would be convenient to put a NEWS.Debian there (where it would only be shown to interested people). Maybe we should revive it as a dummy-except-for-NEWS-file package. :) Seems to work okay in practice, at least. I hope you enjoy it. Cheers, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
