updating OpenNI Debian packages

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jul 2, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Jochen Sprickerhof wrote:

> * Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> [2012-06-29 11:58]:
>> Hey, 
> 
> Hi Hans-Christoph,
> 
>> This is great news!  I'm also CCing the others who have contributed to the current packages.  I have little time to work on the OpenNI stuff these days, but I can support you working on it as much as possible.  And I'm a Debian Developer, so I can sponsor and upload it once its ready.
> 
> Great, I've been mailing with Stephen already to get this one into
> Debian finally. According to [1] there are still some things to sort
> out:
> - Did anyone mail upstream regarding the soname already?

I did email with them on the openni-dev list and they said they'd look into it, but I haven't checked back.  Here's my emails:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/openni-dev/GPwUZEueIPA/SoUCATOmVbQJ

http://openni-discussions.979934.n3.nabble.com/OpenNI-dev-packages-for-Mac-OS-X-Fink-and-Debian-Ubuntu-Mint-td3673546.html

> - I really like your way for fink to package both sensor drivers with
>  proper names. At the moment we have avin2 imported as
>  primesense-kinect-sensor should we change that?

Sounds good to me.


> [1] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2011-June/019178.html
> 
>> As for getting access to the git, I think the best route for now is if you clone those repos and then post your work to sourceforge, github, or whatever public git host.  Then I can review the stuff there and include it into the official repo.
> 
> Could you import the new upstream versions into the Debian git, so
> Stephen and me only have to provide small patches?
> 
> Cheers Jochen

Yes, will do.

.hc