[Tts-project] Versioning of mbrola-LANG packages (Was: Maintaining mbrola-LANG packages in tts-team team?)

[Samuel Thibault]

Re,

Andreas Tille, le mer. 25 févr. 2026 12:27:04 +0100, a ecrit:
> Am Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 10:24:02AM +0100 schrieb Samuel Thibault:
> > Some voices may have not been updated indeed.
> 
> Do you think it rather makes sense to run the script and check for real
> changes inside the data?

Concerning data, I'm almost sure that there is no change (the current
maintainer of the voices repository doesn't have access to the binary
source). I probably had checked that at the time.

> > The tcts website has been shut down for several years now, the
> > github repository should be used now.
> 
> Sure.  That's why we should use this as Homepage in d/control and
> Source in d/copyright.

Yes.

> > Also, changing the numbering scheme would mean re-uploading the .orig
> > files, which are quite large, for questionable value.
> 
> Yes, *if* we decide that creating new upstream tarball makes sense (and
> that's why I'm asking first) we need to re-upload the .orig.tar.xz files
> (using xz compression might help a bit).  Given that the current README
> files inside the source packages are containing broken links I'm tempted
> to do so -

We can as well just add debian/patches to fix them, that'll be way more
lightweight for the archive :)

> I simply think that discussing this first if we decide to upload some
> "once-in-a-decade-upload" packages should be done right to make it
> safe for the next decade. ;-)

Yes, better make sure we have everything alright.

> If I understand you correctly you prefer to not change the leading
> version number, right?

Yes, so people know that the upstream voice hasn't changed.

Thanks for your work,
Samuel