git workflow

[Felipe Sateler]

El sábado 30 de mayo, Grammostola Rosea escribió:
> Felipe Sateler wrote:
> > El sábado 30 de mayo, Grammostola Rosea escribió:
> >> Grammostola Rosea wrote:
> >>> Grammostola Rosea wrote:
> >>>> Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> >>>>> Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com> writes:
> >>>>>> mmh can't connect:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> # git push alioth master
> >>>>>> ssh: connect to host git.debian.org port 22: Connection timed out
> >>>>>> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/git.debian.org
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> no problems here, seems to be a temporary problem in your side.
> >>>>
> >>>> mmh dunno what it is:
> >>>>
> >>>> sudo git push alioth master         Password:
> >>>> Password:
> >>>> Password:
> >>>> Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).
> >>>> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
> >>>
> >>> still that problem....
> >>
> >> still that problem (for 3 days now!)
> >
> > Can you do a git pull? I'm confused here, the repositories there were
> > moved (at your request), so I would expect you can't push to it.
>
> So I made an new one:
> |ssh <user>@git.debian.org
>
> cd /git/pkg-multimedia
> ./setup-repository <project> "Project description"
> [logout]
> cd /path/to/local/<project>
> git remote add alioth
> ssh://<user>@git.debian.org/git/pkg-multimedia/<project>.git
> git push alioth master
>
>
> But git push alioth master
>
> fails
>
>
> git push alioth master
> Password:
> Password:
> Password:
> Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).
> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

There seems to be a problem with your connection to alioth. Can you ssh to 
alioth at the same time you try to push? 

>
> >>> btw
> >>>
> >>> "Do changes to that branch, build the package, test your changes, and
> >>> commit early and often! "
> >>>
> >>> Afaik you don't describe how to commit the default way....
> >>
> >> Could you answer this please? We like to contribute, but we need some
> >> help to start up. Once we done it right, we can do it ourselves.
> >> If it takes so long all the time, I will loose my interest in
> >> maintaining packages. Not because I loose my interest in building the
> >> packages and help to make Debian better for Multimedia, but because the
> >> costs are not worth it, compared to the time, effort, support and speed
> >> of the process.
> >>
> >> I sit hours in front of my pc to build packages and get it uploaded. And
> >> support is very minimal. It takes months to get the wiki updated to make
> >> newbies able to build and upload packages (Free?)!
> >>
> >> Also I have uploaded about 5 packages a month ago and only one is
> >> reviewed and uploaded to Debian. I think DD's have also the
> >> responsibility to review and upload builded packages as soon as
> >> possible. And I think it's pretty logic that newbies make some mistakes
> >> the first time, so yes also the reviews could take some more time, but
> >> this will improve over time soon...
> >>
> >> I don't want to be rude, but I start get irritated by the amount of time
> >> we spent on it compared to the little help and encouragement we get.
> >
> > We do have other stuff to do too, you know. While your expectations are
> > somewhat reasonable, we also expect something from you. We expect you to
> > learn the tools we are using. Of course a bit of hand holding is OK at
> > the early stages, but you have to show you are learning.
> > In this case you are not showing what effort have you put in learning how
> > to work with git. You do not know how to commit, which is a very basic
> > thing all tutorials cover. In the team FAQ, we link to a packaging with
> > git explanation page. Read it. Or the other tutorial I sent you earlier.
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I think you better put that git explanation page in FAQ also here
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/DevelopPackaging

It is clear that the wiki is nowhere near perfect yet. You can try adding 
those changes yourself. Since we are having trouble explaining ourselves on 
the wiki, can you suggest a wording?

Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
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