Upload last SVN ptlib, opal to experimental

[Eugen Dedu]

Hi,

Thanks for the fast answer.

Faidon Liambotis wrote:
> Eugen Dedu wrote:
>> I have been maintaining ptlib, opal and ekiga as non official debian
>> packages since April (http://snapshots.ekiga.net/).  Josselin Mouette
>> from pkg-gnome has recently told me it should be very useful to put the
>> upcoming ekiga 3.0 package in experimental.  He has given me rw access
>> on gnome repository.
>>
>> But the new ekiga depends on the newest ptlib and opal.  Therefore,
>> would you be interested to upload them in experimental?  I have the
>> .diff.gz for them at http://snapshots.ekiga.net/snapshots/debian/  I can
>> help if needed.
>>
>> Even if my available time is limited, my next step is to process their
>> bugs in BTS wrt this new version: either mark them as fixed, or contact
>> the upstream authors (I know some of them) or fill bug in their 
>> repository.
> (I assume that by ptlib you refer to pwlib/libpt)
> 
> As a first step, I'd like to have both of these in our SVN repository as 
> branched off changes from the current stable and straight diffs from there.
> 
> To this end, please create an alioth account so I can grant you commit 
> access.

My account is: dedu-guest  I'll work a bit the diff.gz before (remove 
-snapshot etc.).

> Also, no matter how much you are excited in having ekiga 3.0 in 
> experimental (and your work on the packaging is most welcome), you 
> should be aware that we are close to a stable release and fixing RC bugs 
> is our top priority.

Yes, I know, good luck with RC bugs!

> I'm not saying where you should put your time, I'm merely saying to be 
> patient (and persistent!) when it comes to review and sponsoring.

Sure.

> If you want, you can coordinate with me and the rest of the team on IRC 
> (irc.debian.org, #debian-voip).

Ok.

Thanks,
-- 
Eugen