On 02/05/2013 15:12, Mikael Strom wrote:
Questions:
- How will this affect the speed at which Ubuntu users can get updates?
- Should we keep macfanctld in launchpad/mactel repo? Or is there a
smarter way if Debian package it?
- Is there any way you can mentor me in the process, so i can learn
Debian packaging?
Yes Mikael, I will walk you through the process if you feel like
investing the effort it takes. Generally speaking, most packages are
just synced by Ubuntu from the Debian repository every few months, so
that the simplest workflow is to just upload in Debian. Of course you
are free to keep a separate Ubuntu version or a PPA. Bear in mind that
all the Debian derivatives, not just Ubuntu, benefit from packages
uploaded in Debian.
I'll be out of town next week, but we can exchange some e-mails when I
am back. In the meantime, feel free to have a look at the Debian
Developer's corner: http://www.debian.org/devel/
The three most important technical documents are (in order of increasing
difficulty, probably...)
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
The right mailing list for newbie packager questions is Debian Mentors
<debian-ment...@lists.debian.org>, but you can also ask me directly.
The two points I have noted already:
- the package does not include a LICENSE or COPYING file. In general,
it's not enough to include only the snippet in each source file. At
least our FTP masters may reject the package based on that.
- it would be best if the package was non-native (see:
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq ).
Kind regards, Thibaut.
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