Hi Marcio, I'm glad to hear you're interested in helping with vpnc! I also got an email from Octavio Alvarez <octal...@alvarezp.org> the other day, and I wrote him some explanation:
> thanks for your mail. You're offering exactly the kind of help that's > needed: someone who looks out for issues and tests patches, prepares a > package and then cares for the fallout (in case a patch wasn't perfect). > Ideally, upstream would at least care for what's happening on the > mailing list (let alone in other distributions), but we can help them by > exposing contributions to a wide user base and then reporting back on > their suitability. > > Unless the patches are really disruptive, I don't think you need to go > through experimental - just install the package locally and run it a > few times, or a few hours, and if everything works ok further testing > can be done in unstable and testing (hey, it's called that for a reason > ;-) > > I'm attaching another patch which I found in my git repo and completely > forgot about - please have a look at it and include it in debian/patches > if you see fit. > > Have a look at the package in collab-maint git; I would think it is in > ok shape packaging-wise with no need for any Debian-related changes, but > if you find anything feel free to try it out or talk to me about it. > > Looking over the bugs, trying to reproduce them and developing a fix > etc. would be excellent if you have the time. Upstream (Antonio) once > told me that he intends to merge the trunk and nortel branches, but > needs to work through the differences between them. If you have time to > do that, and we're still well away from a freeze so that the resulting > package can get quite some testing before it becomes part of a stable > release, that could really move upstream development forward quite a > bit... > > Of course I'm available to discuss changes and sponsor an upload - just > go ahead and commit your work to git. > > gogogo :-) > So, why don't you have a look at the package and its bugs and suggested patches (also in Ubuntu!), work in collab-maint git and coordinate with Octavio where necessary? Florian
