[ubuntu-art] Call for wiki review: Updating

[Thorsten Wilms]

On Sun, 2009-04-12 at 11:28 -0400, Andrew wrote:

> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/Updating

> I'm not so sure it is very relevant, especially the part about editing
> configure.ac This assumes a specific release structure. It also seems
> to be telling you to make a new upstream release for a change you did
> on someone else's source?
> 
> There are some pretty decent guides in the wiki about packaging. For
> instance, updating an Ubuntu package to a new upstream release:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Recipes/PackageUpdate
> 
> The problem is most artwork releases don't necessarily have any sort
> of build system as there is no need to compile them. So do, like
> official GNOME releases, in order to  do some localization stuff at
> build time. Most of the packaging guides assume, for good reason, that
> you're working with a software release with all the autotools magic.

Thanks, Andrew.

If I don't hear any different opinion, I will remove that page and just
link to the packaging guide.

If those with experience in packaging artwork have specific knowledge to
offer, it would be nice to have that written down on a new page ;)
(Updating isn't such a good name.)

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Thorsten Wilms

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