GNOME Apps in UbuntuGNOME

[Tim]

On 18/09/13 22:05, Fran Dieguez wrote:
> On mié 18 sep 2013 13:34:31 CEST, Tim wrote:
>>
>> On 18/09/13 08:23, Fran Dieguez wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> After an awesome work from Tim, almost all the errors I've been reporting are now fixed or close to be fixed. So now that everything is in a
>>> good shape to get a gorgeous UbuntuGNOME release and an "stable" integration with the 3.10 version (at least available through PPAs), I have
>>> to ask to look a little bit forward.
>>>
>>> I know that GNOME 3.10 will be officially published next 25th and from that day the final tarballs will be published and available for
>>> packagers to work with, but I want to know if the new app previews will be available from the staging PPA. I'm talking specifically about
>>> gnome-maps and gnome-music.
>> They will appear eventually but arent really a priority at this stage! That said they could be a good project for someone who wants to get into
>> helping out with packaging. gnome-music is already on ppa:ricotz/testing, so just need to be rebased against the release tarball. gnome-maps
>> should just be a simple single binary package (see for example gnome-weather package, it will be similar to that)
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>>
>>> I think that Tim or Jeremy could give some information about this topic. Will you wait for Debian to package those apps or are you building
>>> your own packages? I'm not trying to make you work more than necessary but I would like to know what is your procedure in these cases. IMHO, I
>>> will wait for Debian if they have plans to package them and after that "copy" them to the staging PPA.
>>>
>>> I really think that GNOME is taking a good shape with an integrated UI and UX among all the former apps and creating a good set of new apps. I
>>> don't know about all of you but I'm really excited about the future of GNOME with Wayland as a base and with the improvements due to the new
>>> CSD.
>>>
>>> What do you reckon?
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>
>>
>
> I could help with that, as I have a little experience with packaging software for Debian.
Great! Just send me debdiff's once you are done and I will get them onto the PPA