Re: [Monotone-devel] Packages for Debian testing

[Richard Levitte]

In message <address@hidden> on Sat, 7 Jul 2007 09:39:25 -0700, "Zack Weinberg" 
<address@hidden> said:

zackw> On 7/7/07, Ludovic Brenta <address@hidden> wrote:
zackw> > By "scripts" I simply mean the contents of the debian/ subdirectory.
zackw> 
zackw> Ah, well, I'd be using the stuff currently in debian/ on
zackw> net.venge.monotone.

Yup, that's what I would expect to use as well.

There's really only one little difference between debian/control in
n.v.m and the one in my snapshot branch:

 Build-Depends: cdbs (>= 0.4.28), debhelper (>= 4.0.0), autotools-dev,
- libboost-filesystem-dev, libboost-regex-dev, libboost-dev, libz-dev
+ libboost-filesystem-dev, libboost-regex-dev, libboost-dev, libz-dev,
+ po-debconf

Is po-debconf something we actually need?  I've never really checked,
but it was there in the n.v.m.debian branch once upon a time...

zackw> The way I see it working under ideal conditions is that the -1
zackw> release for any given upstream release has an empty (but
zackw> present) Debian diff, and subsequent Debian releases accumulate
zackw> changes in the diff.  We can also bring forward Debian-specific
zackw> changes in the diff if necessary (e.g. the current removal of
zackw> -DBOOST_SP_DISABLE_THREADS).

I agree with that.

zackw> I am not inclined to use a patch system, as I don't expect
zackw> divergence from upstream sufficient to warrant it.

Completely agree.

zackw> We are currently using cdbs; I wouldn't object to switching to
zackw> a pure debhelper arrangement.  I don't mind it myself but I
zackw> know there are lots of people who don't like cdbs.

I don't have enough knowledge for that part, so I'll happily leave
that entirely in your hands and will just be a willing tester ;-).

Cheers,
Richard

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