[19:41] <clivejo> hi folks, Im trying to open a FFE for kdeconnect-plasma - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeconnect-plasma/+bug/1559538
[19:42] <clivejo> Im new to this process and would like some help if possible?
[19:45] <infinity> clivejo: Your first step would be finding someone willing to package (or sponsor, if you've packaged it) the newer upstream version.
[19:46] <infinity> clivejo: And then describe the diff, potential for explosions, etc.
[19:46] <clivejo> its mainly a plugin to provide extra features
[19:46] <clivejo> so potential for explosion is low
[19:47] <infinity> clivejo: Sure.  I meant in the bug.  But the first bit is the packaging.  An FFe bug doesn't get the work done.
[19:48] <clivejo> I just dont like the statement on their Google Play page "*NOTE for Ubuntu users: The Ubuntu folks are not updating their repos as fast as this app gets updated. Some features will not work if the KDE Connect version in you desktop doesn't match the one in your phone. "
[19:48] <clivejo> I can package it
[19:48] <clivejo> our Kubuntu CI is constantly building it from KDE Git
[19:48] <infinity> Kay.  Attach a debdiff to the bug and explain it a bit, and we'll see.
[19:49] <infinity> Though, if it always needs to be lockstep with the Android app, it may not matter much that it's a few months newer...
[19:49] <clivejo> is the bug I opened the right way to do it?
[19:49] <infinity> The bug you opened is the right way to get the release team's signoff, yeah.
[19:49] <infinity> (I fixed the subject for you, but otherwise fine)
[19:49] <clivejo> ok, so next step is to get it packaged
[19:50] <clivejo> what did I do wrong there?
[19:50] <clivejo> ah
[19:50] <clivejo> thank you
[20:02] <clivejo> infinity: do I assign the bug to myself?
[20:02] <infinity> clivejo: If you're the one working on it, yeah.
[20:03] <clivejo> can a debdiff be run on LP?
[20:03] <clivejo> say if the new package is in my PPA, can I compare it to the archive version?
[20:03] <infinity> You want to grab the old source package and new source package and "debdiff old.dsc new.dsc > foo.diff" and attach that to the bug.
[20:04] <infinity> LP does generate some diffs, but unless it's generated the one you want, that's no help.  You can't ask it to generate arbitrary ones.
[20:06] <clivejo> can debdiff handle urls?
[20:09] <clivejo> apparently not!
[20:13] <clivejo> ok so I attach this diff as a file to the bug?
[20:15] <infinity> clivejo: Yep.
[20:16] <clivejo> ok, attached to bug report
[20:23] <infinity> clivejo: Seems vaguely reasonable to me.  Can you get a signoff from yofel (and obviously fix the version number to be 0.9+git20160315-0ubuntu1) and upload or find a sponsor?
[20:24]  * infinity thinks yofel is the Kubuntu RM, but his brain is fried today...
[20:24] <clivejo> he is indeed
[20:24] <infinity> Righto.  So, get him to ACK it, fix the version, and upload away, IMO.
[20:24] <clivejo> Im *trying* to take some of the pressure off him
[20:24] <infinity> Feel free to copy/paste any of this into the bug. :P
[20:25] <clivejo> can you highlight what is wrong with the version?
[20:25] <infinity> The appended ~ubuntu16.04~ppaN obviously. :)
[20:25] <infinity> Correct for a backporty PPA scenario, not for the archive.
[20:26] <clivejo> oh thats because its in my PPA
[20:26] <infinity> (Since the whole point in that version is to get yours to sort lower than the archive version 0.9+git20160315-0ubuntu1)
[20:26] <infinity> Right.
[20:26] <infinity> Anyhow, just make sure what gets uploaded is sanely versioned.
[20:27] <clivejo> yeah sorry, I used the local version which was uploaded to my PPA
[20:28] <clivejo> do I have upload rights?
[20:29] <yofel> infinity: ACK from me
[20:29] <infinity> yofel: Ta.
[20:29] <infinity> clivejo: If you have to ask, the answer is almost certainly no.
[20:30] <clivejo> LOL
[20:30] <infinity> yofel: If you can help clivejo find a kubuntu sponsor for that, it would be lovely.
[20:30] <yofel> certainly, thanks for the review