[GNC-dev] Launchpad

Stephen M. Butler kg7je at arrl.net
Thu Jan 3 16:00:09 EST 2019


These references the required files: 
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dreq.en.html

  * changelog -- may need to reformat for the debian folder (will need
    some research
  * copyright -- probably copy over as is
  * control -- probably a one time creation
  * rules -- needs research

And the optional files:
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html

These need research:

  * README.Debian
  * compat
  * conffiles
  * package.cron.*
  * dirs
  * package.doc-base
  * docs
  * emacsen
  * package.examples
  * package.init
  * package.default
  * install
  * package.info
  * package.links
  * {package..source/}lintian-overrides
  * manpage.*
  * NEWS
  * TODO
  * watch
  * etc

|| <https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#initd>
Obviously I'm 100 ft deep and the tank of air just ran dry.  Excuse me
while I buddy breathe and we'll eventually make it to the surface.

--Steve

What did I get myself into?




On 1/1/19 3:25 PM, Andrew Ruthven wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Replying out of sequence as I deleted the original messages (oops).
>
> On Tue, 2019-01-01 at 12:17 -0800, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
>> On 1/1/19 12:57 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
>>> Op maandag 31 december 2018 18:41:35 CET schreef Stephen M. Butler:
>>>> 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".
> Perhaps worth getting in touch with Dmitry Smirnov, the Debian
> Developer who looks after gnucash in Debian?
>
> Looking at:
>   https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/gnucash
> Ubuntu is just taking the package from Debian.
>
> It does seem reasonable to have a PPA to make newer versions of Gnucash
> available in Ubuntu, and uploading it to the relevant -backports repos
> for Debian.
>
>>>> 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?
> I've checked the source from Debian and I'm not seeing any files in the
> debian directory which have been copied from the main source tree. Are
> there any examples you can provide?
>
>>>>  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. 
> This directory already exists:
>   https://salsa.debian.org/debian/gnucash/tree/master/debian
> why re-invent it?
>
> I've been happily using Gnucash from Debian for ... many years.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
>

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