[Pkg-erlang-devel] 0.10.0 Packaging Status

[Sergei Golovan]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Sam Bisbee <sbisbee at computervip.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 09:43:22AM +0300, Sergei Golovan wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Sam Bisbee <sbisbee at computervip.com> wrote:
>> > Greetings *,
>> >
>> > I was just able to build and package our svn head for 0.10.0, and all of
>> > Futon's test suite passed. I ran it on debian testing amd64.
>> >
>> > Here is what I see on the TODO list (feel free to add/remove):
>> >
>> >  - Come to a conclusion on the package splitting / forking / UbuntuOne thread,
>> >   and either revert the changes made or do the changes' required lifting. If
>> >   we do decide to keep the changes, then I'd suggest going with the vanilla
>> >   0.10.0 for now and punting on the changes for a subsequent release
>> >   (0.10.0-2).
>>
>> I think that regardless of the conclusion on whether the splitting is
>> the right thing it doesn't make sense to split the package in Debian
>> until no packages take advantage from this splitting.
>
> Well, I think we've already seen that folks downstream want it. I just want to
> get 0.10.0 "as is" out sooner rather than later.

I see.

>
>> >
>> >  - Piuparts is saying that libmozjs1d isn't found when trying to uninstall
>> >   couchdb on sid (http://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/c/couchdb.html).
>>
>> It is libmozjs2d now and the couchdb package currently in sid doesn't
>> know about the name change.
>
> Should we be doing a new release to sid?

All new releases go to unstable (also known as sid). Sometimes it's
better to upload to experimental first but it's not the case.

>> >
>> >  - Does anyone know the status of the bugs in the tracker?
>> >   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=couchdb
>>
>> All FTBFS (fails to build from the source) bugs are to be closed as
>> 0.10.0 builds fine.
>>
>> #553742 should be closed too with replacing libreadline5-dev by
>> libreadline-dev in debian/control (though it should be checked first)
>
> Fixed @ rev1127. I confirmed that everything still builds, futon tests pass,
> etc.
>
>> I know nothing about #550782.
>
> My guess is that it's the same problem that's being discussed on the couchdb
> dev list right now.

So, is there a way to fix it before the upload or should I upload with this bug?

>> >
>> > More of a misc maintenance question: are we listing individual people or the
>> > team as maintainers for the package? Maybe better stated: is everyone on the
>> > erlang team helping with couchdb?
>>
>> Erlang team is currently me. Feel free to join :)
>
> Well, I have been looking for an additional excuse to learn Erlang...though
> that may have scared off your offer. :-)

Nobody knows Erlang, so it doesn't really :)

Cheers!
-- 
Sergei Golovan