On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 2:36 PM Pete Heist <p...@heistp.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I’d like to get the irtt package refreshed and squash a bug: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892429, but I’m behind > on pkg-go, coming from alioth, and have a few basic questions to get up to > speed: > > 1) I created a guest account on salsa and requested access to "Debian Go > Packaging Team”. Right track? >
Yes. > > 2) Is there a quick tutorial on pulling in new releases from upstream? One > complication is, my upstream (on GitHub) had it’s history re-written to > change my email address. Is that possible on salsa? Not recommended? > Ugh. This might be problematic. Not sure. You’ll see? :) > > 3) I’d like to build with the standard Go compiler instead of gccgo. I > currently have this in Build-Depends in the control file: > > Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11), > dh-golang, > golang-any, > … > > Should I just replace golang-any with golang-go, or is it preferred that > we actually support gccgo? > What’s your motivation to do so? Definitely leave a comment if you go that route. Also, note that this will mean that your package will be available on fewer architectures (some are supported by gccgo, but not by gc). > > Thanks, > Pete Heist > > -- Best regards, Michael
