[Pkg-sql-ledger-discussion] Re: sql-ledger needing help

[Gerardo Reynoso]

On Thursday 01 December 2005 04:35, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [Gerardo Reynoso]
>
> > What will be the next steps?
>
> 0 - fix all BTS bugs in svn, change maintainer and add us three as
> uploaders.
>

That leaves these pending bugs:
#296293: sql-ledger.conf not in sync with source.
         is this realy a bug?
         I could not find patches applied to this file under debian/ directory

#334527: sql-ledger: Exchange rate is easy to get wrong and impossible to edit 
         not sure about this one. I posted some comments to this bug.
         I think this is not a bug, but a feature, :)
         Letting the user change the exchange rate will posibilly move 
         acounting transactions.
         I think is the developer choice to let the exchange rate fixed unless
         you delete all acounting transactions refering this specific exchange
         rate.
         can you look at this bug discussion and give your opinion on this?
         you can also look at this list posting where the developer explain
         the alternatives:	
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=2017378

#296356: sql-ledger: SIC should probably be renamed IFRS generally
         This looks as a translation issue to me not a bug.
         Anyone can create his own tranlation for sql-ledger, doesn't it?
         The link provided for the pdf document does not work anymore.
         Does not IFRS stand for International Financial Reporting Standards 
         while SIC stands for Standard Industrial Classification? those
         concepts look totally differnt tyo me.
         
#300043: sql-ledger: package description typo(s) and the like 
         easy to solve

#303604: sql-ledger: New upstream version available 
         already fixed in svn, if not it will be anyway, :)

#300204: sql-ledger: Norwegian chart of accounts seems unnecessarily patched. 
         already fixed in svn

> > 1. Update coompat level by doing 'echo 4 > debian/compat'
> >    (that worked before without changing anything in debian/rules)
> >    and update svn repository
>
> Yes, good idea. :)
>
> > 2. Fix warning from lintian check
> >    W: sql-ledger: binary-without-manpage sql-ledger-enable
> >    and update svn repository
>
> Not sure if it is worth it.  That script is only a quick hack to make
> it easier to enable sql-ledger.  I suspect it might be better to add
> some code in postinst to handle this.
>

No problem with that one.
I will try to move the code from the custom script to postinst.

> > 3. Update to upstream version (2.6.3).
>
> Yes, absolutely, and try to get relevant debian specific patches into
> upstream.
>
> > 4. Upload?
> >    Do we need to do something before this?
>
> When the next version is ready, I am more than willing to sponsor. :)
>
> Thank you for taking the lead in this work.  It is much
> appreciated. :)
>
> Is Pat P subscribed to the list?  Pat, are you still interested in
> helping out with sql-ledger?
>

I sent him also an invitation for joining the list.
Looking at the list of people subscribed to the list his mail does not seems 
to appear.

I will wait for your advice while beginning to work out some of the stuff 
clear to me y now.

Regards

GRC