[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Providing/ maintaining xotcl extension

[Sergei Golovan]

On 1/22/08, Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig at wu-wien.ac.at> wrote:
> I would be interested in packaging and maintaining xotcl
> (http://www.xotcl.org), starting with release 1.5.6, as proper extension
> in the tcltk family of debian packages, both for tcl8.4 and tcl8.5.

I think that it's a good idea to package xotcl for Debian.

>
> I have got some experience in package management on debian + ubuntu,
> mainly packaging for my personal use, though I have never been assigned
> the official role of package maintainer in either community.
>
> I would be happy if I could contribute to your efforts that way.

Well, just create the package and I'll be glad to upload it into Debian archive.

>
> As for the way to proceed, some questions popped up in my mind:
>
> * I am well aware of the policy guidelines at
> http://pkg-tcltk.alioth.debian.org/tcltk-policy.html/. Are there any
> more sources of information to take into account. I browsed through the
> pkg-tcltk-devel archives, but I couldn't spot any.

I think you should read Debian policy manual
(http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/) and New maintainer's guide
(http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/) to understand more deeply
what Debian package is and how to create it properly.

After that create the package, announce it by sending a bugreport to
wnpp pseudopackage (reportbug tool is very helpful in that), and if it
will be good enough I'll be your sponsor and upload it.

But you should understand that it's your duty to keep the package in a
good shape, to update it, to respond to bugreports and fix bugs.

>
> * It would be convenient to align my packaging process in a way that
> would allow for propose the xotcl packages as ubuntu ones as well. I
> realised that ubuntu packages (universe; tcltk-defaults) have a personal
> union with the debian ones, being united by the efforts of Sergei
> Golovan. Could you provide me with some guidance in getting xotcl
> packages ready for either *verse?

I've no idea how Debian packages go to Ubuntu (I guess they are
automatically fetched and rebuilt). But it seems to be sufficient to
have a package in Debian to make it appear in Ubuntu.

-- 
Sergei Golovan