On 6/15/07, Richard A Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As of last week I now have write access to the kicad dev svn repository (in fact it's only as of about 2 weeks ago that there was an upstream dev repo at all). So patches have gone upstream, except the debpatchs one (see below).
Excellent.
> Why do only the german and italian help files depend on the english help files? The doc available varies by language. German and Italian don't provide on-line help, and instead reference the English version. It's not perfect, but a real fix requires extra translation and I don't speak either of those.
Hmmm, ok. BTW, I suggest you don't add this phrase to the English docs package: 'Documentation varies by language. Where the main help files are not available in your language English will be used instead.' I'd also suggest removing it from all the other doc package descriptions except de and it. More package description comments: 'open source' is redundant in the kicad package description since kicad is in Debian main. You might also want the The Smith Review Project to review your description: http://wiki.debian.org/I18n/SmithReviewProject
> If it is possible to build the docs (which are probably arch-indep) in > the build-indep target, you should do that. The docs aren't build at all, they ship as-is.
So, the docs shipped in the .deb are "source code" - ie, the preferred form for modification ? Looks like they are edited in OpenOffice, so I can believe that.
I don't, I do it by hand. It's not ideal, but it's only temporary. Next upstream version will be from a single source as I convinced them to check everything into the new svn repo that is required to produce the complete binary package.
Excellent.
It does have an install target but it's inflexible, and it literally only copies 5 binaries. It does not install docs, libraries, etc. Upstream (so will be in next release) I have improved the install target to allow you to better override the paths, and I'm going to add targets for installing the rest of the stuff, so again this current method should only be for this release.
Good stuff.
Ok, having done these things would you be willing to do an upload?
Unfortunately I cannot commit to sponsoring packages due to lack of time and internet access at home. I'm at DebCamp and had a spare hour or so to review package diffs.
Do I need to increment the Debian part of the version number to upload to the mentors site?
I believe you can re-upload the same version, you would have to check though. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
