Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Handling the debian files

[Tomas Fasth]

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Nathaniel Smith skrev:
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> Do you have any thoughts on providing packages during the release
> process itself?  It seems like it provides non-trivial value to our
> users that, as soon as the new version announcement goes up, they can
> download a package and start using it. Providing these, of course, is
> why the files diverged from your versions.  So I'm wondering how we
> can make this work, in the future; do you have any thoughts how we
> could provide "0-day" packages, _and_ continue to provide top-notch
> packages through the normal debian channels?

"top-notch"? You're too kind :) My biggest contribution so far has
been my gpg key signature which is necessary to get it into the
Debian archives. Well, I also spent some time monitoring the package
build and installation progress and end result.

Anyway, the answer to your question how we can provide "0-day"
packages is; pretty much like today. I still need to proof-read
everything I put my "stamp" on before it is uploaded to the Debian
archive. Since I have push access rights to the monotone repository
I can now maintain the Debian specific build files in the same
repository, which is a "good thing" (tm). I also build my official
"to-be-uploaded" packages in a prestine chrooted environment to make
sure all build and install dependencies are defined correctly.

Regards

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