[DRE-maint] pkg-ruby-extras TODO list

Vincent Fourmond fourmond at debian.org
Sun Dec 9 19:21:22 UTC 2007


Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> On 09/12/07 at 16:59 +0100, Vincent Fourmond wrote:
>> Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
>>> Paul and me did some work on the team during the week-end, but there's
>>> still a lot of work to do. Here is a list:
>>> - some packages have been imported recently, but don't use cdbs yet.
>>>   They should be converted to cdbs.
>>   Just for the record: I thought long ago to convert libqt4-ruby to
>> cdbs, but the way I see it now, it will take really a lot of work, and
>> it is quite a delicate thing to do, as it tends to break easily on other
>> arches (hppa for instance).
> 
> cdbs breaking on other arches? or libqt4-ruby? could you elaborate?

  In short: the build process is fragile, so I'd better do the switch
myself, as there are many traps for the unwary (including weird FTBS on
hppa, soname tweaks, unusual installation path tweaks...).

  I'll eventually look into it. For others who want to help, please
tackle other packages before this one.

	Vincent

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