Re: [Sawfish] lack of contributors

["Eric P. Mangold" <teratorn@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just reach for mk-build-deps. If the control file has all the right
stuff in it, then mk-build-deps will get you a throw-away meta-package
that depends on everything you need. Use gdebi to install it and
you're done.

-E

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Darth Emacs <darthemacs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hi again,
>
> Almost forgot you will probably have install dh-autoreconf and perhaps
> debhelper to help build the debs.
>
>
> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Darth Emacs <darthemacs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> hi folks,
>>
>> Debian packaging of the sawfish packages is really simple. Chris has
>> already debianized the packages so basically all you have to do is:
>>
>> download the git source
>> cd in the package
>> run 'autogen.sh' as normal user
>> run 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot' as root (su or sudo)
>>
>> I just noticed that wheezy has a new gcc (4.7) as well as a new dpkg that
>> were upload to the repositories this last weekend. Hopefully this will solve
>> some of my problems building debs. Good luck and have fun :)
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:06 AM, POMPEE William <william.pompee@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
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>>> Hello Eric!
>>>
>>> I'm not a expert in Debian packaging but I once tried to make a package
>>> (splashy IIRC) from the upstream source code. I may help you if you want.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> POMPEE William
>>>
>>>
>>> On 07/05/2012 19:42, Eric P. Mangold wrote:
>>> > I have a bit of experience with DEB packaging, and would like to
>>> > volunteer to maintain packaging compatible with Debian and Ubuntu.
>>> >
>>> > When I have time, hopefully in the next two weeks, I'll try to get an
>>> > up-to-date repository set up on Alioth (debian repo server). I
>>> > currently have a guest account there, for some .NET packaging work I
>>> > did earlier. Typically Debian likes to maintain their own repo's for
>>> > the packaging (/debian directory), from which upstream tarballs are
>>> > imported. Once working we can request a sync with Ubuntu. And perhaps
>>> > a PPA can go up also.
>>> >
>>> > Whoever has packaging experience and would like to assist please raise
>>> > your hand. I might run in to some problems that I could use a hand
>>> > with.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > -E
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Peter Funk <pf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >> Hello all,
>>> >>
>>> >> Heow Goodman schrieb am Freitag, den 04.05.2012 um 13:46:
>>> >>> The lack of up-to-date DEB's doesn't help, and unfortunately it's not
>>> >>> working on the latest Ubuntu 12.04.
>>> >> ...
>>> >>> Because I need to get work done, I'm just installing LinuxMint.  But
>>> >>> getting it on the latest Ubuntu, as well as some more up-to-date DEBS
>>> >>> would be a big win.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I'm willing to help with the effort too.
>>> >>
>>> >> I was (and partly still I am) in a very comparable situation.
>>> >>
>>> >> Those curious might want to have look at the photo I
>>> >> uploaded to the sawfish wiki today here:
>>> >>
>>> >>  http://sawfish.wikia.com/wiki/File:GroessenVergleich_mit_ipad_und_iphone.jpg
>>> >> The MultiHD monitor desk shown there is currently displayed in
>>> >> our company booth at the fair DRUPA 2012 in Düsseldorf, Germany..
>>> >>
>>> >> Only a few days before start of the fair I decided to compile
>>> >> sawfish (1.8.92), rep-gtk (0.90.8) and librep (0.92.2) and put
>>> >> it onto a fresh Linux Mint 12 install.  Since I was in a hurry
>>> >> and had not much experience with Debian package building I decided
>>> >> to do a simple installation into /usr/local .
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards, Peter.
>>> >> --
>>> >> Peter Funk, home: ✉Oldenburger Str.86, D-27777 Ganderkesee
>>> >> mobile:+49-179-640-8878 phone:+49-421-20419-0
>>> >> <http://www.artcom-gmbh.de/>
>>> >> office: ArtCom GmbH, ✉Haferwende 2, D-28357 Bremen, Germany
>>> >> DRUPA 3.5.-16.5.2012: Besuchen Sie uns in Halle 4 auf Stand B02
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Sawfish ML
>>> >>
>>> >
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>>
>> --
>>  Darth Emacs
>>
>> “Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it
>> holds the universe together.”
>>
>
>
>
> --
>  Darth Emacs
>
> “Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds
> the universe together.”
>

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