package pkg-multimedia/crtmpserver looking for mentor(s)

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 15:13:17 (CEST), Andriy Beregovenko wrote:

> субота 16 квітень 2011 23:13:17 Reinhard Tartler ви написали:
>> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 21:38:42 (CEST), Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>> > I had another look at the package. In debian/crtmpserver.install, the
>> > package installs crtmpserver/crtmpserver.lua ->
>> > etc/crtmpserver. However, this configuration file seems horribly
>> > specific to me; i.e., we can safely expect that every user *will*
>> > definitly want to edit and adjust the contents. This also means that
>> > dpkg *will* prompt on every package upgrade that changes anything in the
>> > file.
>> > 
>> > Sorry, the more I think about it, I come to the conclusion that
>> > 
>> >  a) we should not install the config file to /etc/
>> >  b) not install the init script
>> >  c) not create the system user
>> > 
>> > This will reduce a lot of complexity in the package, which wouldn't help
>> > our users much anyway.
>> 
>> I have now implemented this change in a way that can be easily
>> reverted. Please have a look and either revert or OK this change.
>
> I'm novice in debian packing policy, so I prefer to listen to more experienced 
> people. Also, your point of view is not meaningless. That is why I agree with 
> most part of your modifications.
> But, I'm still not understand why "crtmpserver.lua" is "horribly specific".
> All other issues follow by this one.

Well, the file does not seem to be meant used unmodified; au contrary,
AFAIUI you *must* edit it to specify what content you want to
stream. And these are the modification that will trigger conffile
changes on every upgrade, which I think we should avoid.

I take your mail as OK to the simplification and will upload it tonight
or tomorrow then.

Cheers!

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Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4