+++ Mehdi Dogguy [2012-05-16 16:24 +0200]: > On 16/05/12 13:41, Wookey wrote: > >is there any reason not to just upload this to Debian? > > There are ITPs filed for it: > - http://bugs.debian.org/582884 > - http://bugs.debian.org/576359
Yes. I discovered that when I went to file an ITP :-) It turns out that there is a problem preventing upload. The rather generic name 'usb-creator' was objected-to and a request made to change it to 'startup-disk-creator' (The name the app shows). Upload seems to be stalled on changing the name of the launchpad project to give matching source and binary names. This seems well-meaning but has the unfortunate effect that nothign has happened for a year, despite several people expressing an interst in uploading. I also tested it with a debian installer image and found that it is bust due to a load of ugly code dealing with the syslinux transition from 2.3x to 2.4x around Ubuntu 10.04->10.10 (generating old images whilst running on a new machine, and vice versa, different package and different syntax). It blows up on debian due to 'GNU/Linux' not being a valid version. As we don't even have syslinux-legacy in Debian all this mess should probably just be thrown away. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1000527 My python-foo wasn't up to actually fixing it myself. Nor do I know how important it is to keep this sort of old-release compatibility (how old?). Anyone with the enthusiasm to fix the upstream-renaming thing, or this code (not hard, just fiddly) could get this into Debian promptly I think. Wookey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120518121724.gu11...@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk
