Xhelp code on launchpad ready

Cody A.W. Somerville cody-somerville at ubuntu.com
Wed Aug 8 15:43:12 UTC 2007


On 8/8/07, Vincent <imnotb at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 08/08/07, Cody A.W. Somerville <cody-somerville at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 8/8/07, Giuseppe Torelli < colossus73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 8/8/07, Vincent < imnotb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Anyway, Giuseppe, you can think for yourself whether, if you would
> > > not be
> > > > working on xhelp, you would be working on something else that
> > > benefits
> > > > Xubuntu more than xhelp. If not, I see no reason why you would have
> > > to stop
> > > > development, other than you just not feeling like it ;-)
> > >
> > > Thank you Vincent for your encoraugement. Who are the persons who will
> > > decide which program is to be included in Xubuntu?
> >
> >
> > There isn't one person really. All core-devs have the ability to modify
> > not only the packages in main but also the seeds (though they would just
> > update the xubuntu-desktop package in this case). However, it is enitrely
> > possible for anyone to get a package sponsored to main for them as well.
> > This being said, a core-dev would most likely check with Jani or less likely
> > someone in the xubuntu-team team before sponsoring your package.
> >
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> But being in main doesn't mean it is also included by default in Xubuntu,
> does it? I think that's what Giuseppe is asking: who decides if it will come
> default in Xubuntu?
>

You are correct. However, the package that will pull this package into the
default install is xubuntu-desktop (see above where I note this) which is in
main.

Also, it is not necessarily Jani or Lionel who would package it. Could very
well be me :P

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