Jonathan Marsden wrote: > Adam B wrote: > >> How can I track down the current maintainer of the Blender package for >> intrepid? >> >> This page (http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/blender) merely says >> the maintainer is "Ubuntu MOTU Developers". > > apt-get source blender > > and then read the debian/changelog file to see who has been maintaining > this package most recently.
You can do 'aptitude changelog blender' and save lots of bandwidth ;) > >> I'm interested in making a few tweaks to Blender. If it works out I'd >> like to create an Ubuntu package identical to that which ships with >> Ubuntu (aside from my tweaks). > > Then you can just apt-get source blender as above, make your tweaks to > the package (including a dch -i to add a new changelog section > describing your changes) and rebuild the changed package yourself using > debuild :) > > See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete for some more > details on Ubuntu packaging. You do not need to contact the last > maintainer just to create a changed package for yourself and your friends. That's ok. And what you want to submit for consideration from the developers is a debdiff attached to a bugreport with the sponsors subscribed. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SponsorshipProcess Cheers, Emilio
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