Re: Proposal: Repository for fast-paced package backports

2018-12-27 Thread Mathieu Parent (Debian)
(Please reply to pkg-samba-maint only) Le jeu. 27 déc. 2018 à 11:00, L.P.H. van Belle a écrit : > > > Hai, Hi, > A very interesting thread this, since im doing this already for samba, my > comments.. > If i may .. > > Im running a samba repo now for jessie and stretch. ( and ubuntu 18.04 ) > I

Re: Proposal: Repository for fast-paced package backports

2018-12-27 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 12/26/18 7:19 PM, Dominik George wrote: > Hi, > >> 2. I am happy with the current charter of backports and I think it's >> possible to move forward with fastpaced without having to change >> that charter. > > Yep. That's exactly why the proposal changes nothing about -backports. I > a

Re: Proposal: Repository for fast-paced package backports

2018-12-27 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 12/26/18 5:45 PM, Dominik George wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 03:05:55PM +0100, gregor herrmann wrote: >> And besides that, I think the more universal answer is >> bikesheds/PPAs/you-name-it instead of yet-another-suite. > > Absolutely not. It might be an answer, but to an entirely differen

Work-needing packages report for Dec 28, 2018

2018-12-27 Thread wnpp
The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the last week. Total number of orphaned packages: 1319 (new: 2) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 159 (new: 0) Total number of packages reques

Re: Proposal: Repository for fast-paced package backports

2018-12-27 Thread Dominik George
> Basically you would like to build an architecture equivalent to Ubuntu's > PPA No. Please at least try reading the thread first - it was explicitly explained several times that this has absolutely nothing to do with the idea of PPAs. -nik signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Proposal: Repository for fast-paced package backports

2018-12-27 Thread Joseph Herlant
Hi guys, Trying to make sure I understand clearly this long thread here. Basically you would like to build an architecture equivalent to Ubuntu's PPA that users could add to their apt sources to get newer versions faster instead of dealing with their apt preferences? I personally like the curren

Re: Proposal: Repository for fast-paced package backports

2018-12-27 Thread Dominik George
Den 27. desember 2018 12:30:33 CET, skrev Holger Levsen : >On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 11:37:21PM +0100, Dominik George wrote: >> As long as the package is in -volatile > >FYI: as long as this proposal is been presented with the name -volatile >it's dead to me and saves me from reading mails in this th

Re: Proposal: Repository for fast-paced package backports

2018-12-27 Thread Holger Levsen
On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 11:37:21PM +0100, Dominik George wrote: > As long as the package is in -volatile FYI: as long as this proposal is been presented with the name -volatile it's dead to me and saves me from reading mails in this thread. Please try to listen if you start a discussion. -- ch

RE: Proposal: Repository for fast-paced package backports

2018-12-27 Thread L . P . H . van Belle
Hai, A very interesting thread this, since im doing this already for samba, my comments.. If i may .. Im running a samba repo now for jessie and stretch. ( and ubuntu 18.04 ) I really needed newer samba packages and i was not able to get them uploaded to unstable. So i decided to build th