On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 05:28:30PM +0200, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > Hi, > > Ive just uploaded pink-pony 1.3.1-1 to Debian [1] [2], and I've noticed > that I should have separated the packages in program and data [3], instead > of having it all packaged into one single package. The main advantage of > that approach -usually done with games and with other programs that have > considerable architecture-independent data- is that the space occupied in > the mirrors is much less. > > I was considering fixing it myself and doing a newer upload, but I thought > about what we were talking at DebConf about being able to provide > reasonably easy tasks for people who are starting, so there it goes. If > anyone is willing to do it, they will of course count with my help and my > time, and -obviously- I will be available for doing the upload to the > archive. > > Greetings and thanks, > Miry > > > [1] https://code.google.com/p/pink-pony/ > [2] http://packages.debian.org/pink-pony > [3] > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-archindepdata
Well I have been thinking about trying to package something for a little while. Here's a question though, the package is in sid and I'm running wheezy. Does that matter for packaging? Kind regards Lesley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-women-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130913165001.gi30...@pgcroft.net
