From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: contributing Debian build scripts Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:20:04 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8739wgp96a.fsf@everybody.org> <394B528C-5418-4AD0-91AD-4BAE6710BF49@gmail.com> <87sk4daclx.fsf@everybody.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57417 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ORgul-0004Aq-Ol for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:32:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ORguh-0001GT-J7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:31:57 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:52766) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ORguh-0001GP-DC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:31:55 -0400 Received: by wyb39 with SMTP id 39so365326wyb.0 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:31:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87sk4daclx.fsf@everybody.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Mark A. Hershberger" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:21 PM, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: > Carsten Dominik writes: > >> Can you please first elaborate what it would mean if we were to take >> over the production of this package? > > Mosty, when releases are made, it would mean adding a changelog > entry to > the debian/changelog file, re-building the source package and then > using > dput to send the updates to Launchpad.net > >> Where would we have to submit it or put it up on the web so that it >> would be found as an official package? > > I think the best way would be for me to create a group on Launchpad > and > then invite people to be a part of that group. Anyone in the group > could submit packages to the package archive. > >> How does all of this work? > > The packaging scripts are kept in a debian subdirectory that can be in > the same repository as org-mode itself or (as I've been doing) in a > separate source repository. I've been using bzr-builddeb to create > the > packages since this allows me to maintain my packaging scripts > separately from the upstream source. > > It looks like Launchpad has introduced support for automated daily > builds and build recipes > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DailyBuilds/BzrBuilder) since I last > looked, so > the work involved is probably going to be less than what I've been > doing. > > After thinking about it a bit, I've created an Org-Mode group on > Launchpad and requested an import of the Org-Mode git archive into a > launchpad repository there so that it can be used in build recipies. > > I've also pushed my build scripts to that group so anyone who joins > can > contribute. > > So, next steps are: set up a daily build. > > Anyone interested in contributing is welcome to join: > > http://launchpad.net/~org-mode/ > > Mark. Hi Mark, thanks! If I understand correctly, there is no action I need to take, right? - Carsten