Sebastien Estienne wrote: > On 2/1/06, Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Sebastien ESTIENNE wrote: >>>Package: wnpp >>>Followup-For: Bug #349419 >>>Owner: "SÃbastien ESTIENNE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>>The debianization has been sent upstream >> >>If by "debianization" you mean the debian directory, and not just >>helpful non-Debian-specific patches, it is generally discouraged for >>upstream to ship a debian directory in their tar.gz. See for instance >>this thread on debian-mentors for reasons why: >> >>http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/01/msg00381.html > > We only manage the debian dir under svn, we don't include it in the > tarball (make dist) Ah, OK. Excellent! >>I guess since mod_dnssd is not currently in Debian, it doesn't do any >>harm right now. However, it would be better for you to find a sponsor >>on the debian-mentors list so the Debianized package can be uploaded >>into Debian proper. > > yes that's what i'd like to do, but i'm really new to the process of > submitting a package. > > i also did the package for RFP #350457, comitted in svn upstream too. > > the next step is to find a mentor to get it in debian proper. Then what you'll want to do next is read the debian-mentors FAQ, here: http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html followed by requesting a sponsor on the debian-mentors list. Good luck! -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
