> Hi Antonio, > > I think you are right. It is fairly effortless to keep the packages in > the CERN > repository, and I would argue it is fairly easy for interested users to > add > that repository. I do not believe it is a major issue for the > maintainers to > get an account on the server. It is also quick and easy for us to revoke > packages that are broken.
Reading the instructions for packagers[1] I realize I may need a sponsor. Anyone out there that can sponsor me? Ricardo [1] http://lcg-heppkg.web.cern.ch/lcg-heppkg/debian/packagers.html > > Perhaps using something like alioth to keep the build scripts stored > somewhere > might be a good idea though. Unsure if you already did that. > >>From Roucaries: >> The problem is that root is pretty hard to correctly package. it is >> geant package, that need a lot of patch in order to be build properly >> on debian. And upstream is does not help. When you submit patch they >> said we do not support debian, use your own repo.. > > I agree, it will not be possible without a significant effort, and I'm > not gonna > argue that it would be worth it. Luckily during the time I maintained it > I > didn't have to change the patches a lot, they were very well done by > Kevin > McCarty. > > Cheers, > Yngve > > > Onsdag 11. januar 2012 15.56.37 skrev Antonio Salvucci: >> Hi guys, >> >> my opinion is not to submit root packages in debian. The reason? It's >> a >> lot of work and none of us have so much time to do this. I think it's >> better >> to leave root debian packages in the CERN repository. Actually >> packages are >> only for unstable release, but probably we can add also Ricardo's >> ones, >> since they are for the stable release. >> >> Just a question Ricardo: i see compiling root 5.32 I have problem >> related to >> xrootd, that's not anymore included in root. Did you disable this >> option >> during configuration procedure? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Antonio >> >> On Wednesday 11 January 2012 15:39:22 Ricardo Yanez wrote: >> > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Ricardo Yanez >> > > <[email protected]>> > >> > > wrote: >> > >>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 09:02:31AM -0800, Ricardo Yanez wrote: >> > >>>> >> No, I cannot commit the time to be an active maintainer. >> > >>>> >> At most >> > >>>> >> > >>>> I >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> could >> > >>>> >> commit to maintain a version for Debian stable. >> > >>> >> > >>> I wonder from where you obtained the experience that unstable is >> > >>> to >> > >>> dynamic and the maintenance effort would be to large for your >> > >>> time >> > >>> limit. Â Every package in Debian goes to unstable first (or >> > >>> experimental) >> > >>> as an exception. Â That's the usual way any package comes to >> > >>> Debian. >> > >>> >> > >>> Whether a package needs maintenance effort or not depends more >> > >>> from >> > >>> the >> > >>> package itself rather than a frequently changing unstable. Â >> > >>> What >> > >>> exact >> > >>> changes do you expect which would influence your packages. >> > >> >> > >> I do maintain packages on the side. It does depend to a large >> > >> extend >> > >> on >> > >> the software itself. So, fair enough, I could give it a try, >> > >> unstable, >> > >> and work from there. How should I proceed? >> > >> >> > >> Ricardo >> > > >> > > Do you have a git repro or something like this ? >> > > >> > > I could help if you want, first step I think will be to get clhep2 >> > > compile and working on all arch >> > >> > Sorry folks. It's piling up pretty quickly as I suspected. I pass. >> > >> > Ricardo >> > >> > > Bastien >> > > >> > >>>> In that case the packages are fine where they are (in my >> > >>>> repository) >> > >>>> and >> > >>>> anybody is welcome to use them. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> I could accept uploads of other architectures if someone has >> > >>>> the >> > >>>> machine >> > >>>> and is willing to compile. >> > >>> >> > >>> If you ask me this plan is more time consuming than doing a >> > >>> proper >> > >>> upload and enable the Debian Science team to provide help if >> > >>> needed. >> > >>> >> > >>> Kind regards >> > >>> >> > >>> Â Â Â Â Andreas. >> > >>> >> > >>> -- >> > >>> http://fam-tille.de >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> -- >> > >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >> > >>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> > >>> [email protected] >> > >>> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >> > >> >> > >> -- >> > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >> > >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> > >> [email protected] >> > >> Archive: >> > >> http://lists.debian.org/67d6c5ef9b68759895c527fbad6b2e53.squirrel@ >> > >> webmai l.calel.org >> > > >> > > -- >> > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >> > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> > > [email protected] >> > > Archive: >> > > http://lists.debian.org/CAE2SPAbYD6yG5Ak3Ut7Be-CsTKwWb1Q8vW0MF=ZF1cd >> > > _scL8 [email protected] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1517220.lZTj8SjTfj@yngve-chakra > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
