Hello Keegan, > Hello! This post would be much more on-topic on the Debian mentors mailing > list. I'm Cc'ing this reply there, and you should really subscribe there if > you are interested in completing these packages. ok I did
> You should wait at least a couple of weeks, but it does sound like this > maintainer is missing in action. no problem I wait > I'm not quite sure what parts you mean to commit. Having the autoconf stuff > in the upstream CVS is obviously a good idea, but from what I've absorbed > from watching over various mailing lists, having Debian stuff in upstream CVS > does more harm than good, for a variety of reasons. There are a number of > different 'correct' ways of dealing with this - check the 'mentors' list > archives. yep, today we committed my patches so actually debian files are also in CVS repository of userspace tools of OM...I don't think it is so dangerous but I haven't read yet mentors archives :) > > Can I contribute anyhow to Debian sending my debian packages I built? > > If yes, how can I do that? > > Start here: http://www.debian.org/devel/ ok, anyway I grabbed debian files from 'out of date' userspace-tools and I modified them where it was needed...so I think one could build "good" debian packages :) > > openmosix packages, in fact I read several people complaining about this > > on OM mailing lists thanks for your attention, > > Indeed, this is an interesting project. Thanks for your work. I might > consider using OM myself, if you do a good job of the packaging. :) I hope so ;-) > Good luck! thx Cristiano -- Cristiano De Michele, Department of Physics, University "Federico II" of Naples
