Re: [Gnewsense-dev] gNewSense 5

[Sam Geeraerts]

Op Wed, 04 May 2016 23:17:23 -0400
schreef dww <address@hidden>:

> Even with the freedom changes is there not a way to make the source
> changes and then help automate the process of generating all the files
> needed for the repository?  Perhaps there is just too much variation
> between packages.

Building packages is usually not a problem (if the code compiles). It
can be automated given a VCS repo with the debian folder for each
package (like we have now) or a helper script per package (like
Trisquel).

> Do you know of a link to a decent primer on how to use pbuilder?

The one on the Ubuntu wiki [1] is pretty good.

> Also as a reminder I suggest sending a notification to DistroWatch
> about 4. They have the status of gNewSense as dormant.

Done.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto