[Freedombox-discuss] Diaspora becoming a community project

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On 12-08-30 at 02:18pm, Philip Hands wrote:
> Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> writes:
> 
> > On 12-08-30 at 12:54pm, Philip Hands wrote:
> >> Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> writes:
> >> > On 12-08-29 at 08:29am, Nick M. Daly wrote:
> >> >> Happily, [buddycloud is] already in Debian, which cuts the 
> >> >> integration work in half :)
> >> >
> >> > NB! Buddycloud-server is in Debian, but needs Nodejs which the 
> >> > release team have so far disapproved for Wheezy: 
> >> > http://bugs.debian.org/684044
> >
> > [tech details snippet]
> >
> >> Both are in unstable ("sid"), so either you're defining "in Debian" 
> >> as meaning in sid, in which case they both are, or you're talking 
> >> about them being let into testing, in which case neither are.
> >
> > What I mean with "in Debian" is that it (the server part of 
> > Buddycloud) is packaged in .deb format, uploaded to the Debian 
> > archive, approved by ftp-masters, and therefore what I call 
> > "officially packaged for Debian" - i.e. available in either "Sid" or 
> > "experimental".
> >
> > What I mean with "disapproved for Wheezy" is that it (the main 
> > dependency of the server part of Buddycloud) is unfortunately not 
> > currently part of the subset of "occifically packaged for Debian" 
> > parts that is targeted the next upcoming stable distribution release 
> > of Debian.
> >
> > Sorry, I see how my choice of words was confusing (but I honestly am 
> > surprised that _you_ got confused, both being a native english 
> > speaker and a Debian developer).
> 
> Ah, I see -- well I wasn't really being confused about that,

Oh.  Thanks for sharing.


> you seem to be trying to give the impression that nodejs not making 
> into the freeze is the blocker, whereas buddycloud is currently 
> uninstallable due to the Breaks: from nodejs, thus requiring a new 
> version of buddycloud-server to be uploaded ... or were you hoping to 
> sneak in nodejs, then have an RC bug reported against 
> buddycloud-server to justify it getting in too?

Oh, that is what I am doing.  Thanks for nelightening me.


 - Jonas

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