[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] enigmail 1.0.1 packaging for debian

[Alexander Sack]

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 01:35:06PM -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> Hi Alexander--
> 
> I am trying to port your enigmail package for ubuntu into debian,
> and i'm running into a few questions.  Can you help me understand?
> 
> 0) why is there a build-dep on libiw-dev?  the configure scripts
> appear to want it for NECKO_WIFI, but the enigmail source doesn't
> seem to reference NECKO_WIFI at all.  is this really relevant?

bug in tbird/xul build-system ....

> 
> 1) a similar question about libnotify-dev.  again, the configure
> scripts appear to be interested in it, but the enigmail source
> itself includes no mention of notify_*.
> 

same here ...

> 2) debian/make-orig seems to expect a base tarball as its second
> argument.  Where should that base tarball come from, if one were to
> try to re-build the "upstream tarball"?

yeah. i didnt update that part. will check that out before uploading
to debian.

> 
> 3) it looks like the ubuntu build is using some variant of
> nspr-config shipped with thunderbird-dev, rather than the system
> nspr-config; is this a deliberate choice?  Are the ubuntu
> thunderbird packages bundling nspr?

no. In ubuntu tbird/ffox/xul packages can build with and without
system nspr/nss ... hence we added this nspr-config to make it
transparent. I think its best to do the same in icedove-dev, but
since others don't feel as such, enigmail package in debian needs
to add a fixed hack by adding --with-system-nspr/nss to configure
flags.

> 
> Any advice or pointers you can give would be appreciated.
> 
no problem.

 - Alexander