Introduction

[Joel Roth]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 09:46:20PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:03:14AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote:
> >I would like to build on previous packaging
> >effort for mma.
> >
> >Clearly, mma couldn't have been packaged without
> >a changelog. Do you know where to find it?
> >
> >I would hope there is another location for these files
> >than the package itself. Mma's package control.tar.gz only contains
> >
> >	control
> >	md5sums
> >	mmadebian
> >	postinst
> >	prerm
> >
> >For example, a different package I maintain has these
> >files in the debian/ directory.
> >
> >	changelog
> >	compat
> >	control
> >	copyright
> >	files
> >	patches
> >	rules
> >	source
> >	watch
> >
> >So my question is where can I find the
> >original files used to create this debian package?
> 
> 
> Sounds like you are confusing upstream and Debian parts

No, the above list of files is from a representative package's
debian/directory. Those are files I'm looking for 
for mma

> As for your underlying question - how to start working on this
> package, based on existing official packaging efforts, here's a
> smart oneliner I just discovered to day, which generates a new Git
> repository from all officially archived prior releases of a package
> (i.e. relevant when the package was not previously maintained in a
> VCS):
> 
>   git-import-dscs --debsnap --pristine-tar --sign-tags mma

> Hope that helps,

I tried this. It looks like I have some DNS
problems. Can you believe that my ISP doesn't resolve
debian subdomains bugs.debian.org or snapshot.debian.org?

Best,

Joel


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Joel Roth