[Gambas-user] Official release of Gambas 3.5

[Sebastian Kulesz]

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 11:37 AM, PICCORO McKAY Lenz <mckaygerhard at ...626...
> wrote:

> From: Sebastian Kulesz <sebikul at ...626...>
> > Hey Kendek! Putting the reorganization aside, I would like to rebase the
> > packages from the Daily Builds PPA with your latest work, so as to keep
> > both repositories homogeneous. Is that is okey? ;)
> Until package reorganization are not done, Debian mantainers will
> rejected the petition, there are two main objetives in debian package:
> liecense policy and lintian errors/messages
> A good work its the Debian mark!
>

I've been in contact with one of the Debian maintainers who agreed to
update the packages once they are fixed. He does not have enough time now
to do it, but I see that you know a lot about Debian packaging guidelines.
Would you be willing the update the packages so they meet the needed
quality to be pushed?


> > I know this implies that Debian users would be left without packaged
> > updates, but we can't say we didn't try. I will keep you posted. Fingers
> > crossed ;)
>
> From: Kende Kriszti?n <nemh at ...2007...>
> > I don't understand the Debian maintainers. What could be the reason
> > that they are not to update the packages?
> Some of main reasons are:
> 1) lack of mantainers (well its some hard, must read a lot of policies)
> 2) hard GPL and strict policyes on package quality! (see D.F.S.G. policy)
> Debian are the most older but most stable distribution due that's reasons
>
> > like to upgrade the Ubuntu repositories.
> > So I hope that there will be some progress in the case. :-)
> Debian are a important source guideline for those repositories, that
> another reason,, changes implicy lof of extra work betweent team of
> mantainers.. its obious that the request will be rejected if rework of
> packages over PPA are not done
>
> From: Sebastian Kulesz <sebikul at ...626...>
> > "some stuff"?? A 4.6 MB patch file is not "some stuff" ;)
> > I will update the repositories during the weekend when i have time to
> move
> > and review all the changes.
> Its good idea made a review of debian policy mantainer guides
>
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