Thank you Jonathan and Emilio! That's exactly the help I needed. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 1:23 AM, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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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