[php-maint] An automatic script to build PEAR packages

[Thomas Goirand]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer,

Raphael Geissert wrote:
> Yes, but we need to come up with a better workflow than the current
> "just send a RFS to -mentors CC'ing pkg-php-devel".

I do agree with that. I'm currently working together with "Roberto C.
Sanchez" <roberto at connexer.com> that checks and uploads all the packages
that I send to him. So far, it has been working quite ok, but as the
number of packages are growing, I can see that using a single sponsor
might not be the idea way, which is why I'm asking you guys.

Let's say if the workflow is that I create or update php package, then I
send a mail with the link of my .dsc file on this list, then one of the
member of the pkg-php team review it and upload, instead of just asking
-mentors, would you think it's the way to go?

Now, few years ago, I applied on Alioth to be a member of the php team,
but I guess because I didn't introduce myself properly, I got rejected
after MONTHS. Now I understand better that communication in Debian is
very important. Would you guys accept me this time? I do believe that I
made quite some progress with my packaging skills too ... :)

> Send me an email with links to the .dsc of the PEAR packages and I'll
> check them.

Sure! Here's the ones to check for update:
http://ftparchive.gplhost.com/debian/pool/lenny/main/p/php-compat/php-compat_1.6.0a2-1.dsc
http://ftparchive.gplhost.com/debian/pool/lenny/main/p/php-crypt-cbc/php-crypt-cbc_1.0.0-1.dsc

And here's some NEW packages (no ITP yet, if you tell me they are in
good shape, I'll ask for an ITP and let you know (yes I know, I should
the the opposite way... :) )):
http://ftparchive.gplhost.com/debian/pool/lenny/main/p/php-image-text/php-image-text_0.6.0beta-1.dsc
http://ftparchive.gplhost.com/debian/pool/lenny/main/p/php-numbers-words/php-numbers-words_0.16.1-1.dsc
http://ftparchive.gplhost.com/debian/pool/lenny/main/p/php-text-captcha/php-text-captcha_0.4.0-1.dsc
http://ftparchive.gplhost.com/debian/pool/lenny/main/p/php-text-figlet/php-text-figlet_1.0.1-1.dsc
http://ftparchive.gplhost.com/debian/pool/lenny/main/p/php-text-password/php-text-password_1.1.1-1.dsc

The goal of the one just above is to have php-text-captcha (and all its
dependencies) working as I need a good captcha system. I didn't try it
yet, so I'm not sure yet if this captcha is efficient. Has any of you
tried, and know if it's worth the effort to have it packaged in Debian?
I may give up if someone says I should, or if there is a better alternative.

Also, I asked Roberto to sponsor these:
http://ftparchive.gplhost.com/debian/pool/lenny/main/p/php-http-webdav-server/php-http-webdav-server_1.0.0RC4-1.dsc
http://ftparchive.gplhost.com/debian/pool/lenny/main/p/php-mime-type/php-mime-type_1.2.0-1.dsc
http://ftparchive.gplhost.com/debian/pool/lenny/main/p/php-services-json/php-services-json_1.0.1-1.dsc

because I intend to have eXtplorer (a web file manager) in SID as well,
and these are dependencies. You might want to check with Roberto first
before doing any sponsoring work on them, to avoid double work here.

Another question: what to do when I see on the pear website that a
package seems unmaintained, but we need it by the way to satisfy some
dependencies? Have you guys talked about it in a previous thread?

> Oh and do you like git or svn or any of the other vcs' supported by
> alioth? some time ago the plan was to get all the pear stuff under the
> pkg-php umbrella.

I've used CVS a lot, and at the end I hated it (no Unix right
management, commits based on files, etc.). Then SVN is more or less the
same, as much as I could see. But I don't really know it. I switched
directly from CVS to Git, and I love it.

So, if you guys are using SVN, I will never be able to follow (I do not
want to learn a system that I consider old and retrograde), but if you
guys are using Git, I'll be more than happy to use it. How are you going
to work it out? Will it be one big Git repository for all the php-*
packages (which would make sense), or would it be a single repository
for each pear package (not sure it would make sense considering the size
of each package)? Should I then send patches using git-format-patch,
setup my own public repository, or even use the one on Alioth? Remember
I'm still not a DD (a volunteers to be my AM would be more than welcome).

Loads of question here, and quite some packages (8 new, 2 updates, and
more updates coming soon), I hope it goes the right way.

Let me know,

Thomas