Hi! Faré <fah...@gmail.com> writes: > OK. So how do I start packaging, say, cl-asdf, cl-launch and > common-lisp-controller, with a view on becoming DM? > > I have a .deb for cl-launch ready for upload, except that it depends > on cl-asdf 2.000, which hasn't been packaged yet (or has it?).
cl-asdf is at 1.7?? at the moment (thankfully also in testing since today). So a update to 2. would be needed for that. As Debian nears the freeze for the next release "squeeze" that should be done carefully and rather soon or after squeeze is released > What should I do between debian's asdf.git and upstream's? Should I > merge them? Should I get write access first, then build a package, > then try to get it approved? Or should I modify the upstream copy and > build a package first, and some DD will pull the alioth version after > my package has been approved? looking at the debian repository work is probably currently done like this: 1: asdf upstream git is pulled into the "upstream" branch 2: upstream branch is merged into master 3: debian specific modifications done there 4: Build against the tarball provided by upstream This also e.g. allows for having separat branches for debian/experimental debian/stable or ubuntu uploads while head goes into debian/unstable. If you work on it I guess it's best to push the stuff all to git.debian.org where other Debian guys have access as well. Getting write access shouldn't be hard (I can do that for example if you apply to the team). If you have something ready just send a mail to [0] telling which package should be uploaded (and make sure it's up-to-date on git.d.o). Regards Christoph [0] pkg-common-lisp-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org _______________________________________________ pkg-common-lisp-devel mailing list pkg-common-lisp-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-common-lisp-devel