[GNC-dev] Launchpad

[Colin Law]

I don't think the guys/gals that maintain the official Debian and
Ubuntu packages are on this list, though I may be wrong.

Colin

On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 17:44, Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> Dev Team,
>
> So far, three folks have either used or inquired about using the debian
> package for 3.4.  Marketing theory (no, I'm a software engineer by
> avocation) says that there are several more that would take advantage if
> it were more "supported".
>
> Here are my thoughts:
>
>  1. Both Ubuntu (Launchpad) and Debian request certain files in a
>     ~/debian folder.  Most of these appear to be copies of files the
>     application already has.  Perhaps a softlink could be put in the
>     debian folder that points to the original so that changes in the
>     original automatically show up in the folder.  Does this work via git?
>  2. I'm willing to coordinate the effort to build that folder (I presume
>     on the Master branch) but will need volunteers from more technical
>     folks from time-to-time to handle some of the techy stuff.  I know
>     the devs are busy squashing bugs so this would have to take a back
>     seat to that.
>  3. Building this folder might even be beneficial to the official
>     packagers for the various distros.
>  4. One team for whom I did light testing, published a daily build (no
>     longer daily as the software matured) for the adventurous.
>
>
> https://launchpad.net/~subsurface/+archive/ubuntu/subsurface-daily
>
> I would be willing to push the files up to Launchpad if the team sees
> value in perusing this.  However, I don't want to step on anybodies toes
> if this would get in the way of the official release process for the
> various distros.  And, if this got to the point of highly automated,
> perhaps the dev team would prefer to do the push themselves.
>
> --Steve
>
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