On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 09:46:20PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:03:14AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > >I would like to build on previous packaging > >effort for mma. > > > >Clearly, mma couldn't have been packaged without > >a changelog. Do you know where to find it? > > > >I would hope there is another location for these files > >than the package itself. Mma's package control.tar.gz only contains > > > > control > > md5sums > > mmadebian > > postinst > > prerm > > > >For example, a different package I maintain has these > >files in the debian/ directory. > > > > changelog > > compat > > control > > copyright > > files > > patches > > rules > > source > > watch > > > >So my question is where can I find the > >original files used to create this debian package? > > > Sounds like you are confusing upstream and Debian parts
No, the above list of files is from a representative package's debian/directory. Those are files I'm looking for for mma > As for your underlying question - how to start working on this > package, based on existing official packaging efforts, here's a > smart oneliner I just discovered to day, which generates a new Git > repository from all officially archived prior releases of a package > (i.e. relevant when the package was not previously maintained in a > VCS): > > git-import-dscs --debsnap --pristine-tar --sign-tags mma > Hope that helps, I tried this. It looks like I have some DNS problems. Can you believe that my ISP doesn't resolve debian subdomains bugs.debian.org or snapshot.debian.org? Best, Joel -- Joel Roth _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
