[pkg-fso-maint] Packaging Tichy for debian

[Luca Capello]

Hi there!

Still cc:ing Guillaume, he's not subscribed to the list.

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:50:05 +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 26.08.2008, 10:07 +0800 schrieb Guillaume Chereau:
>> Hello Joachim,
>> I would like to create a debian package for my application "Tichy" :
>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Tichy
>> 
>> And have it in the pkg-fso rep.
>> What is the procedure to do that ?
>
> First note that pkg-fso is only a temporary repository, eventually all
> the packages end up in the normal Debian repository, and should be
> packaged appropriately. This also means some responsibilities, such as
> answering bug reports, but I guess that’s your intention.

I'd go further and establish a(nother) policy: all the
Openmoko/FSO-related packages should be under the pkg-fso umbrella, with
single "uploaders" [1] who act as "maintainers" [1].

> I see that tichy has already a setup.py. If it’s done properly, the
> debian/ directory, should be pretty simple. Have a look at
> http://pkg-fso.alioth.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pypennotes/pypennotes_0.3b-1.dsc
> you can probably take the debian/ directory from there and just adjust
> control, changelog and copyright.

Guillaume, if this is your first Debian package, the Debian New
Maintainers' Guide is worth a read [2].

> If you have a .dsc ready for review, drop me a note and I’ll upload
> it.

This is valid for me as well, but I really don't have a lot of free
time, lately.  Maybe the best solution would be something similar to
debian-mentors [3], but in this case new "maintainers" [1] send their
review requests directly to this list?

Obviously, I can document all this stuff into the wiki [4] as soon as a
consensus will be reached.

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca

Footnotes: 
[1] yes, the term used here are not the best one, just to directly give
    the idea
[2] http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/
[3] http://mentors.debian.net
[4] http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianFSO
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