Re: [hobbit] Debian Packaging

[Adam Goryachev <mailinglists (at) websitemanagers.com.au>]

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Christoph Berg wrote:
> Cc'ing me in mails like that makes it a bit earlier for me to actually
> spot the mail. I only found it now when browsing the hobbitmon-devel
> list archives...

Hopefully that means you wanted me to CC you on this :)

> Right. The reason I had decided not to apply this patch to the Debian
> package is that it is just a big blob. There are some separate patches
> for individual features/bugfixes, but it also includes random other
> fixes. It is also not versioned. There is no real way to track which
> particular bug is fixed in what instance.
> 
> The publically available svn repository is a big step forward as now
> there's a way to see the diffs and log messages for changes. I am
> working on uploading a new svn snapshot to the experimental branch of
> Debian, but have some lose ends left before the next upload.
> 
> The next Debian release (5.0, Lenny) will release with the current
> 4.2.0 packages. Of course, there will be backports of future packages
> for Lenny.

Might I suggest the standard Debian practice should be applied? ie, if
it is a bug-fix patch or security patch, then it should be applied and a
new version released. If it is a feature add/improvement, then it should
be added to the version for testing.

I understand right now it is probably difficult to get updated packages
in for the Lenny release, but perhaps after Lenny is released you could
upload this package for Lenny with all the bug-fix allinone patches applied?

Mostly, I would like to see the new version 5.2.2 released in Lenny, but
it is too late for that now :(

Regards,
Adam

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Adam Goryachev
Website Managers
www.websitemanagers.com.au
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