Oops, didn't replied that to all. Am 26.01.2015 11:10 schrieb "Thomas Pietrowski" <thopie...@gmail.com>:
> Oh, sorry I haven't said that I mean the PPA packages. > > Well, I find the package layout I use for the PPA more efficient, because > all arch-independent files are separated into own packages and unneeded > files, like kivy/tools/, which are not needed to run the module are > splitted out. Additionally the Debian packages do not provide html > documentation. > So at least it would great if you would add those to your packages. > (By the way, packaging files were provided for a long time in the kivy > sources itself in a subdirectory.) > > There are no problems with your packages so far. I just wanted to let you > know that there is already someone working on that and willing to get > feedback on his work. > > Regards > Am 26.01.2015 10:54 schrieb "Vincent Cheng" <vch...@debian.org>: > >> Hi Thomas, >> >> > Am 25.01.2015 um 15:24 schrieb Thomas Pietrowski: >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> my name is Thomas-Karl Pietrowski. I'm working for the kivy project on >> >> the Ubuntu packages. I found many differences between on my and your >> >> packages, which now are also landing in Ubuntu. >> >> If you are interested you can take a look at the latest debian/* files >> >> at https://github.com/kivy/kivy/tree/pkg-debian-daily . >> >> The kivy package currently in Ubuntu (15.04/vivid) [1] is identical to >> the package that we have in Debian [2], and has been kept in sync >> since trusty was released, so it looks like it's not a matter of >> keeping the Debian and Ubuntu packages in sync (as Bastian seems to be >> suggesting), but rather, keeping the Debian/Ubuntu packages in sync >> with upstream-provided PPA packages? >> >> I'll make a note to myself to take a closer look at the diff between >> the official Debian/Ubuntu packages, and the packaging in the above >> github repo (which I presume is being used for a PPA?), but at first >> glance there does seem to be major differences that may make syncing >> this more trouble than it's worth (e.g. package names; getting them in >> sync means adding a mess of breaks+replaces relationships and regular >> testing to ensure a smooth upgrade path between Ubuntu<->PPA). >> Strictly speaking PPAs aren't officially supported to begin with, so >> the easy way out would be to just say that the Ubuntu packages aren't >> compatible with upstream-provided PPA packages... >> >> Regards, >> Vincent >> >> [1] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kivy >> [2] https://packages.qa.debian.org/k/kivy.html >> >
