[Bug 374343] Re: Please sync to 2.2.0 release

Scott Howard showard314 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 11 23:00:59 UTC 2009


Thanks for your help, Kelvin!

1) This package is an automatic import from Debian. Debian has not
upgraded it in over 8 months [1], so Ubuntu still has the old version.
Our choices are to push Debian to get the new package, either by
supplying them a debdiff of the new package or by doing an NMU or to
upgrade it for Ubuntu, and let Debian know we upgraded it. In general,
the first method is preferred, but if you are unfamiliar with Debian
work, packaging solely in Ubuntu and just drop a note in the Debian BTS.

2) Thanks for the .deb, but Debian/Ubuntu works with source packages (the three "files" of .dsc, .orig.tar.gz, .diff.gz). See:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete
To get this sponsored, you should generate a "debdiff" of the old package to new package with somethieng like the following:
$ debdiff <old package>.dsc <new package>.dsc > gerbv_upgrade.debdiff

that command will make a patch file that shows the work you did. To make
a source package, either use the "dpkg-buildpackge -S" command or use
"pbuilder" [2] from the source directory.

Then upload the debdiff as a patch to this bug

MOTU sponsors can look at this patch and sponsor the upload of the
source package.


So, for now you can make a "debdiff" of the package you already made, and upload it here for the MOTU sponsors. We can then work to get it into Debian, and us re-sync with Debian.


[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539237
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #539237
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539237

** Also affects: gerbv (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539237
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Changed in: gerbv (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: gerbv (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

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