[Pkg-gridengine-devel] Bug#714661: gridengine and debian

[Paul Gevers]

[Resending to the bts as my mail to
pkg-gridengine-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org is not being handled and I
don't like waiting so long.]

Hi

[Please keep me in CC in replies, I am not subscribed to the list]

As I am trying to get rid of lesstif2 in Debian [LESSTIF], I was looking
into doing an NMU on bug 714661 [MOTIF], which requests replacement with
motif. Normally, this would have been a rather trivial change which has
been done in Ubuntu already [UBUNTU]. However, in Debian it is blocked
by bug 701446 [FTBFS]. Luckily that bug points to a patch, great. Then I
noticed the other serious bug 709852 [POSTINST] and as it is simple I
could fix that too. Furthermore I noticed the request for help [HELP].

After this rather long introduction, let's get to my points/questions:

1.
I got the impression from some responses on the list and in the bts that
removal of gridengine from Debian is considered. Would that be better as
a whole for Debian, or is that just driven by the lack of upload
possibilities of the current people involved? If the latter, see point 4.

2.
I only have access to one laptop. Can I still test this package
properly? What would I need to do? What testing do you consider useful?

3.
Can somebody explain me how (step by step) to get git to give me a
decent directory layout? I expect the standard layout where I can see
upstream code with the debian packaging in the ./debian subdirectory. I
do not understand the git layout and gave up. But I rather like git and
want to use it.

4.
If the above three questions are answered satisfactory, I am willing to
help with the packaging of gridengine (not that I use it, but I like the
concept and popularity of this package shows it deserves some love ;) ).
I feel I must say however, that my skills and knowledge of c are rather
poor. So I can focus on the packaging stuff, but others would have to be
responsible for bug fixing and the like. Last disclaimer, my first prio
is to get rid of lesstif2.

Kind regards,
Paul

[LESSTIF] http://release.debian.org/transitions/html/motif.html
[MOTIF] http://bugs.debian.org/714661
[UBUNTU] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gridengine
[FTBFS] http://bugs.debian.org/701446
[POSTINST] http://bugs.debian.org/709852
[HELP] http://bugs.debian.org/703256



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