Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Ubuntu rdiff-backup PPA?

[Andreas Olsson]

On Tuesday 10 February 2009 17:20:17 Andrew Ferguson wrote:
> I'm just happy to see more recent rdiff-backup packages appearing in
> the Ubuntu universe. Many thanks for taking on this project. Many of
> the bug reports in the past have been due to old releases.
>
> I have a launchpad account which is somehow associated with the rdiff-
> backup project (so that I can manage bug reports). Let me know if you
> need any help getting your PPA "blessed" or whatever, or if there's a
> link I should put on the rdiff-backup webpage.

Okey, I'll start setting it up when I get home from work tonight.

There is one part I'd like some advice on. That is whatever the PPA should 
donly contain prestine versions of rdiff-backup or it would be okey to 
include minor patches.

For example; the rdiff-backup 1.2.6 I currently have in my private PPA is 
patched not to complain about pyxattr being old. This seemed okey since I 
know that involved Ubuntu versions actually include a sufficient new version 
of pyxattr.

// Andreas


>
> On Feb 10, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Andreas Olsson wrote:
> > @Andrew:  What is your take on this idea? It would somehow feel
> > wrong to use
> > the rdiff-backup name in a PPA without your approval.
> >
> > // Andreas
> >
> > On Tuesday 27 January 2009 01:08:59 Andreas Olsson wrote:
> >> Right now I'm working on moving my rdiff-backup debs from a private
> >> repository to a Launchpad PPA. In that process I got an idea...
> >>
> >> Unless you'r familiar with with Launchpad and their PPA, now is a
> >> good time
> >> to find out :)  Feel free to visit
> >> https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA
> >>
> >> The idea is to have some kind of (semi-)official rdiff-backup PPA
> >> providing
> >> updated packages of rdiff-backup to Ubuntu. This could be something
> >> really
> >> useful, considering Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) will be the first release
> >> shipping
> >> packages from the current rdiff-backup stable branch.
> >>
> >> For example; Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) provides rdiff-backup 1.1.15 by
> >> default
> >> while Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid) provide a somewhat patched rdiff-backup
> >> 1.1.16. Both thse Ubuntu releases will most definitely be around
> >> for a
> >> while.
> >>
> >> Provided there are some kind of official sanctioning I should be
> >> able to
> >> take care of maintaining such a repository. By now I'm starting to
> >> get
> >> quite familiar with both rdiff-backup and the debian packaging
> >> system. Of
> >> course, it would probably be a good idea to have a few people
> >> helping out
> >> the testing.

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