backport of Breezy's Ruby 1.8.2 package

[Frank Hale]

Ah, please forgive me. I'm trying to get spun up on all of the Ubuntu
lingo. I have confused backports and updates. I do understand that QA
in Hoary updates is closely watched but am wondering why you'd want to
go the hassle of only fixing the bugs in the 1.8.2 beta that is
currently shipping. We already know that 1.8.2 final fixes the
problems seen with regards to Rails 0.13.1, the releases were 2 days
apart. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to flame the process of how
Ubuntu devs do business. I'm trying to understand the methodology of
this.

I'd like to have the package updated from 1.8.2-pre4 to 1.8.2 final.
This is the way I'd go about fixing the problem. The releases were 2
days apart, there should be nothing in it that would break the QA
process of Hoary. I'm sure the actual bug fixes (though I haven't
checked) would be a fairly small difference in code changes to the
Ruby package.

On 8/1/05, Brandon Hale <brandon at smarterits.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 17:07 -0400, Frank Hale wrote:
> > Is there likely a chance that the Ruby 1.8.2 package in Breezy will be
> > backported to Hoary? If not, what do I need to do in order to get this
> > added to Hoary? I'm ready, willing but need the right push because I'm
> > new to Ubuntu and have little experience with Ubuntu packaging so far.
> >
> 
> Hi Frank,
> 
> First, please evaluate what you really want to achieve here.
> So far you have posted to this list twice (almost identically) asking
> about the feasibility of adding the package from Breezy to hoary
> backports.
> 
> Also, you have inquired about moving forward with a bug [1] to add ruby
> 1.8.2 to hoary-updates.
> 
> I will try to address these in turn.
> 
> If you wish to include the package in hoary-backports, a repository
> allowing breezy packages on hoary for users trying to get to the
> "bleeding edge" without actually loosing limbs to breezy.  Some might
> consider it the best of both worlds.  If you would prefer to have your
> package included here, we would ask that you do the following:
> 
> Navigate to the ruby1.8 source package on packages.ubuntu.com
> ( [2] for the lazy ).
> Scroll to the bottom and save the .dsc, .orig.tar.gz and .diff.gz files
> to a folder on your desktop.
> 
> Follow the pbuilder howto [3] to set up a development envrionment for
> testing.  Attempt to build the breezy source package by running 'sudo
> pbuilder build ruby*.dsc' against the downloaded source package.
> 
> If successful, you will find a ruby deb
> in /var/cache/pbuilder/result/ruby*.deb.
> Install it with dpkg -i $path, and ensure that the package is working.
> 
> If the package backports cleanly, please report back and one of your
> friendly backport team members can kick off a build for you.
> 
> Option 2, Hoary updates.
> hoary-updates is a repository which is much more closely QA'd.  As Matt
> said on the bug [1], we will need to identify the particular bugs that
> prevent Rails and other apps from working, and backport only fixes to
> the hoary version.  This probably means pointing us to specific bug #'s
> in the upstream bug tracker, or commits to their CVS tree.
> 
> Please advise on how you would like to continue, and thanks for your
> interest in improving Ubuntu!
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12613
> [2] http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/source/ruby1.8
> [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto
> 
> Thanks,
> Brandon Hale
> 
> 
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