On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 09:35:06PM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 09:19:01PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > * Package name : libactiverecord-ruby > > Version : 2.0.2 > > Upstream Author : David Heinemeier Hansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * URL : http://ar.rubyonrails.com/ > > * License : MIT > > Programming Lang: Ruby > > Description : library that ties database tables to classes in Ruby > > > > Implements the ActiveRecord pattern (Fowler, PoEAA) for ORM. It ties > > database tables and classes together for business objects, like > > Customer or Subscription, that can find, save, and destroy themselves > > without resorting to manual SQL. > > Have you spoken with the rails package maintainer about this and your other > ITP? Having duplicate copies of the same code lying around in the archive > is something the security team has said they are actively discouraging. > Splitting these out from the rails package seems like the smarter way to > go. > In fact, I have not. I have been asked to package these Ruby modules and my methodology for determining whether or not they were in Debian involved checking for current/previous WNPP bugs about them and then checking for packages already in Debian with similar names. Let's just say that I am still in the "getting started" phase with Ruby.
However, I will contact them before I do anything else. Thanks for the info. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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