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

[Stefan Sobernig]

Sergei,

Thanks for the immediate response ...

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

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

Ok ... I will get my hands dirty and complete it as good as I can ...

>> * 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.

I do know and studied these, actually. I was just curious whether there 
is something specific I missed about the tcltk maintainer team.

> 
> 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.

Ok ... that's all I need to know for now. Thanks for your support!

> 
> 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.

Again, I am not new to the community arena. I take my responsibilities 
serious.

>> * 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.
> 

I was just wondering whether there are specific requirements on the 
packaging process as such. I am also wondering how Ubuntu release cycles 
are aligned to the Debian package pool as the Ubuntu cycles appear 
considerably shorter than the Debian ones. But I will approach the 
appropriate Ubuntu channels to get some insights and report back for the 
interested reader ...

Thanks again for your kind support,

//stefan

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