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bdrungtumbleweed: which is the branch that i should review first?00:00
stevecrozzi have a package that i've been maintaining in my ppa for a while, but I need the help of a mentor to whip it into shape so I can propose it be included in Ubuntu's main package repository03:56
stevecrozzplease send me a message if you are willing to lend a hand or just help me out with some guidance03:56
Bachstelzestevecrozz: everything you need is in the packaging guide, if you have questions, just ask here :)03:58
stevecrozzBachsteize: The package is uwsgi and there has been some progress getting it into debian, but I'm not sure if I should follow that or just go my own way04:00
Bachstelzestevecrozz: it's generally better to get new packages in Debian first04:01
Bachstelzethen they are automatically imported to Ubuntu04:01
stevecrozzBachstelze: how do I go about getting the package into debian? are there some other people I should talk to?04:04
stevecrozzthe technical details of actually creating a package that builds have been sorted out already, i just don't really know where to go from here04:04
jmarsdenBachstelze: Debian Import Freeze for Natty was 30 Dec 2010, so packages are not automatically imported from Debian at the moment, you need to request a sync.04:04
Bachstelzejmarsden: right, I was speaking in general04:05
jmarsdenstevecrozz: You may wany to check out http://mentors.debian.net/ and see if you can find a mentor to help get your package(s) into Debian?04:07
JanCstevecrozz: if somebody else is already working on getting it in Debian, maybe best to help that person?04:07
stevecrozzyeah, its just been really slow, i'm not sure what the holdup is, but I'm trying to resume communication with that person now04:08
stevecrozzbut i'll try that and check out mentors.debian.net too04:08
JanCpeopel in Debian might be busy preparing for the new Debian release04:09
Bachstelzemore info on debian mentoring is here http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq04:09
tumbleweedbdrung: syncpackage06:33
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slangasekRainCT: hi there, I see that you're the primary author of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages/REVU/CheckList - can you explain why it says that a 'needs-packaging' bug is a requirement for REVU?15:45
slangasekI don't understand why that's a requirement in an Ubuntu context, and don't find it mentioned anywhere else15:45
RainCTslangasek: Right, it's not really a requirement. I put it there because it's likely that reviewers will complain about it. Feel free to reword that sentence.15:58
slangasekRainCT: ok, thanks :)16:03
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bcurtiswx_building w/o signing is bzr bd -?S what ?18:27
dholbachbcurtiswx_, bzr bd -- -S -us -uc18:27
bcurtiswx_dholbach, thanks18:28
dholbachafter the "--" you can pass any dpkg-buildpackage arguments you like18:28
bcurtiswx_dholbach, Ok i'll man dpkg-buildpackage next time .. thx again18:30
dholbachno worries18:32
geserdholbach: isn't "bzr bd -S -- -uc -us" preferred? so that bzr-builddeb gets the -S18:33
dholbachgeser, james_w would know18:34
james_wgeser, there's some ugly code to cope with either18:36
tumbleweedbdrung: I am now20:43
bdrungtumbleweed: i started to review syncpackage-*20:44
bdrungtumbleweed: 1) there are build errors: http://paste.debian.net/104566/20:44
tumbleweedaah, so missing build deps I guess (/me builds)20:45
bdrungbackportpackage: check_call -> show correct error message20:45
bdrung(check the return value)20:46
bdrung3) the source package object should gain more functionality: package1.debdiff(package2)20:46
bdrung3b) src_pkg.check()20:46
bdrung4) should pull-debian-debdiff really unpack sources?20:47
tumbleweedok, so that error message, I agree check_call is buggy (putting a list in %s), is that the only issue with it?20:48
tumbleweedotherwise, it does theck the return value20:49
bdrunginstead of using check_call, use call and print a error message if the call doesn't return 020:50
tumbleweedbdrung: check_call in backport package is a local function, not subprocess20:51
tumbleweed(well, wraps subprocess.call)20:51
bdrungoh20:51
bdrungi thought i would be subprocess.check_call20:51
tumbleweedyeah, it's confusing :) (blame ebroder :P)20:52
bdrung5) archive.py: "d_source, d_version = os.path.basename(dscfile)[:-4].split('_')" doesn't work (the dsc could have a random name like foobar.dsc)20:55
tumbleweedanyway, 3: sounds reasonable. 3b: what does that do? 4: it needs to unpack the package to walk the changelog (well, there we could play tricks here). I basically just copied the existing behavior20:56
bdrung4. ok20:57
bdrung3b: check -> verify20:57
tumbleweedright20:58
bdrung(for syncpackage)20:59
tumbleweed5. err, yes that is buggy, but there are still situations where we are going to need it, I think20:59
bdrung5. no. we have the dsc file, therefore we can get the information from the file content21:01
tumbleweedok21:01
bdrung6) the example package has a trailing space in d/rules21:03
bdrungtumbleweed: 7) can't we generate the test source tarball on test time?21:04
tumbleweed6: yes. 7: yeah, I'm sure I considered this, but I can't think of any decent argumetns against it now.21:07
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ari-tczewRainCT: now gbrainy 1.6.1 is available ;-)23:06
Wallch_DeveloperDoes someone here uses Gnome and have time to review a project?23:13
ari-tczewWallch_Developer: maybe ask in the day @ #ubuntu-desktop ?23:17
Wallch_Developer i am still awake :P... ok i will also ask at ubuntu-desktop :)23:18
kklimondado you have to test software to actually advocate it? If it builds, installs, then there is a pretty good chance that the person who has packaged it also made sure that it works. Especially if the upstream is active and interested in getting package to Ubuntu. If the detailed testing is a requirenment for the package advocacy then getting some niche projects into Ubuntu is going to be nearly23:31
kklimondaimpossible.23:31
kklimondatumbleweed: are you still working on updating python-musicbrainz2 and packaging beets for debian?23:39

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