>>>>> "Andr" == Andreas Tille <andr...@an3as.eu> writes:
Hi Andreas, Andr> Hi Roland, On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 07:42:18PM +0200, Andr> r...@q-leap.de wrote: Roland> Good attitude! Always looking for synergies. In this case, Roland> I'd have to disappoint you though: Our backport packages are Roland> built with different conventions than standard Debian Roland> backport ones, and we definitely don't have the resources to Roland> manage two variants of them. It's already a lot of work to Roland> manage two distros (soon Roland> 3) in various flavors, so we'll have to capitulate at this Roland> point. Andr> OK. However, I'm curious what "different conventions" these Andr> might be just for the sake of interest. Not very interesting stuff. Mainly the following: - We use different version numbers (always adding a ql.?+<distro codename>), e.g. 1.6.5-ql.1+trusty_amd64.deb - We add some stuff to rules so that version numbering is done right for us - We add some stuff to copyright to indicate that we've modified something - We have additional qlustar-only build dependencies in control (mostly a single qlustar package) - We don't use git-build-package, but our own scripts to build Andr> This looks like a vote: "Yes, please package modules" to me. Andr> Would you mind injecting modules into Debian Med Git (perhaps Andr> but not necessarily Debian Science Git in case you don't mind Andr> joining another team)? Roland> Well the vote has to come from somebody else, since Qlustar Roland> already has it :) Andr> Well, a vote is a vote (in terms if the package is considered Andr> useful or not). :-) Got it :) Roland ------- http://www.q-leap.com / http://qlustar.com --- HPC / Storage / Cloud Linux Cluster OS --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-med-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/21472.46984.789551.830...@gargle.gargle.howl