Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Ghislain Vaillant
On 30/10/15 15:29, Alec Leamas wrote: On 30/10/15 12:45, Ghislain Vaillant wrote: Just my 2 cents here but quoting d-mentors FAQ [1]: "There are cases where upstream ships a tarball which already contains a debian directory. This is undesirable, even if you're upstream yourself or can commit

Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Alec Leamas
On 30/10/15 12:45, Ghislain Vaillant wrote: > Just my 2 cents here but quoting d-mentors FAQ [1]: > > "There are cases where upstream ships a tarball which already contains a > debian directory. This is undesirable, even if you're upstream yourself > or can commit there. Keep the released tarballs

Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Ghislain Vaillant
Just my 2 cents here but quoting d-mentors FAQ [1]: "There are cases where upstream ships a tarball which already contains a debian directory. This is undesirable, even if you're upstream yourself or can commit there. Keep the released tarballs (used as .orig.tar.gz) and the debian directory s

Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Gianfranco Costamagna
and please note: there is currently an RC bug open against the package. you might want to help fixing that bug as a start. cheers, G Il Venerdì 30 Ottobre 2015 12:14, Gianfranco Costamagna ha scritto: BTW if you really think as upstream that the package is in a bad state, and the maintain

Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Gianfranco Costamagna
BTW if you really think as upstream that the package is in a bad state, and the maintainer are not answering to mails please contact MIA team https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/MIA and based on the issues on the current version (e.g. does the current debian version has serious/security bugs?) you ca

Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Alec Leamas
On 30/10/15 09:51, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > Hi Alec, > >> >> I'm not seeking any argument as to why the Debian packages are still >> 0.9.0. It's the debian packager's decision. Full stop. > > > the argument might be: we were in the freeze because of jessie release at > that time, > so no

Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Alec Leamas
On 30/10/15 09:51, Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote: > El Divendres, 30 d'octubre de 2015, a les 09:34:09, Alec Leamas va escriure: >> Dear list, >> >> I'm the upstream LIRC [2] maintainer. We are currently in the 0.9.4 >> cycle which tentatively will be released around Christmas. The debian >> off

Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Gianfranco Costamagna
Hi Alec, (can't answer for the maintainers, just giving my personal pinion) >This is my first contact with the Debian community. I might be doing all >sorts of errors, including sending a questionable message to the wrong >list. Just tell me, I'll listen. it is fine by me >I'm the upstream LI

Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda
El Divendres, 30 d'octubre de 2015, a les 09:34:09, Alec Leamas va escriure: > Dear list, > > This is my first contact with the Debian community. I might be doing all > sorts of errors, including sending a questionable message to the wrong > list. Just tell me, I'll listen. > > I'm the upstream L

Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, This is my first contact with the Debian community. I might be doing all sorts of errors, including sending a questionable message to the wrong list. Just tell me, I'll listen. I'm the upstream LIRC [2] maintainer. We are currently in the 0.9.4 cycle which tentatively will be released