[DRBD-user] Debianization (was: DRBD 0.7.4)

[Philipp Hug]

Helmut,

The problem you have if you put the ./debian/ directory into upstream cvs, is
that the debian packaging stuff must be fixed "before" a new version of drbd is
released...
e.g. changes in debian revisions should be integrated in next upstream
version...

> At least I see the necessity to have a co-maintainer for DRBD to avoid too 
> large time lags.
Yes, I co-maintain drbd together with David, I also created updated packages:
http://www.abanet.ch/~hug/debian/drbd/0.7.4-2/

Philipp
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Helmut Wollmersdorfer" <helmut.wollmersdorfer at gmx.at>
To: <drbd-user at lists.linbit.com>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:49 PM
Subject: [DRBD-user] Debianization (was: DRBD 0.7.4)


> David Krovich wrote:
>
>> I agree that it'd be easier if upstream didn't keep a version of the debian 
>> directory in version control.  We should be able to coordinate the debian 
>> directory just within Debian itself.
>
> The problem is, that there is demand from users to have the latest development 
> versions available with debian-packaging.
>
> Having the debian directory in the upstream version is a little inconvenience 
> for the developers, and a very less inconvenience for the maintainer (I 
> assume), but it is a large convenience for many users.
>
> Personnally I am not a great friend of differences between developer and 
> distribution versions, if there is no _serious_ reason.
>
> At least I see the necessity to have a co-maintainer for DRBD to avoid too 
> large time lags.
>
>> I would assume some people are still more comfortable using 0.6.x over 0.7.x, 
>> so we would want to keep both versions available.
>
> Maybe some users of Kernel 2.2.x or Woody want to have 0.6.x still available. 
> But 0.7.x is more important and the release of 0.8.x is maybe coming within 
> months (and not years).
>
> Helmut Wollmersdorfer
>
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