From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4FFEF51B.6000307@antcom.de> References: <4FFC89CA.70809@xenomai.org> <4FFDA171.3010201@nta-inc.net> <4FFDAF59.9010000@xenomai.org> <20120711174844.GG19565@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <4FFE1841.1070409@xenomai.org> <4FFE8B7C.6090101@antcom.de> <4FFE9477.5070002@xenomai.org> <4FFEE9E8.2040008@nta-inc.net> <4FFEF029.1090901@antcom.de> <4FFEF20D.6030709@xenomai.org> <4FFEF51B.6000307@antcom.de> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:54:00 +0200 Message-ID: From: Willy Lambert Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: [Xenomai] Debian packaging bug in Xenomai v2.6.1 List-Id: Discussions about the Xenomai project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Roland Stigge Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org 2012/7/12 Roland Stigge > On 07/12/2012 05:49 PM, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote: > > On 07/12/2012 05:41 PM, Roland Stigge wrote: > >> On 07/12/2012 05:14 PM, Jeff Webb wrote: > >>>>> I unfortunately don't have the ressources to regularly sync/update > >>>>> debian/* in the xenomai.org dev repository. > >>> > >>> Do you have the resources to update debian/* on xenomai.org just > before > >>> each release is made? I don't think it's necessary to update it any > >>> more often than that. I'm assuming that you eventually package each > >>> release anyway, so it would be nice to do it before a release is made > >>> official. Of course, if you don't have time for that or your > >>> availability doesn't line up with the timeframe for a release, that is > >>> understandable. I am just asking if the problem is trying to keep the > >>> git repository up to date all the time, or if you don't even have time > >>> to do it for each release. > >> > >> It would be possible for me if I get ~2 weeks notice before a Xenomai > >> release to already do _before_ the Xenomai release what I would normally > >> do _afterwards_ anyway (for Debian). Gilles, is this possible? > > > > Yes, it is possible, of course. > > > > Next question: the current debian directory is (I believe), compatible > > with Debian stable. The rationale being that it allows people to install > > the latest xenomai revision on Debian stable. > > Yes, that makes sense. All other targets are moving too quickly. ;-) > > +1, especially since last year when unstable squeeze switched to stable. > A build using this debian/* will also most often work (but not > guaranteed to be working always) on Debian testing/unstable. (In > contrast to testing/unstable's debian/* which will often break on Debian > stable systems.) > > Responsible users would either use Debian stable, or be proficient > enough to know the differences between stable/testing/unstable and be > able to tweak things. > > Roland > > _______________________________________________ > Xenomai mailing list > Xenomai@xenomai.org > http://www.xenomai.org/mailman/listinfo/xenomai >