[Alexandria-list] New packages in alexandria-team PPA

[Joseph Method]

Hi Lennart,

I think there's some hope. I believe the deadline for new _universe_
packages is February 13th, BetaFreeze. Thanks for taking the step of
filing that bug. We'll all have to keep our eye on this and help to
move this along. Otherwise, it'll be another release cycle without an
update.

>  Unfortunately I just read that today is feature freeze for Hardy, so I
>  guess it's too late to try and get 0.6.2 approved for Hardy :-(.
>
>  I found this page on the Ubuntu wiki that describes how to get a package
>  into Universe: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages and
>  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages/REVU
>  The first page suggested to file a bug report and tag it with
>  'needs-packaging', so I did that:
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alexandria/+bug/191905 and
>  pointed the to the alexandria Team PPA.
>
>  Hope it helps...
>
>
>  Lennart.
>
>
>
>
>  >
>  > On Feb 11, 2008 7:32 PM, Joseph Method <tristil at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > > Hi all,
>  > >
>  > > The spirit finally came over me and I decided to learn how to package
>  > > debs. I'm still pretty wobbly, but after many hours of trial and error
>  > > I managed to get a couple packages to build on the Ubuntu build
>  > > servers:
>  > >
>  > > * readinglist (the simple tutorial app I wrote a while ago, doesn't
>  > > even include a menu entry)
>  > > * libzoom-ruby
>  > > * yaz packages (dependency for libzoom-ruby)
>  > >
>  > > To get them, add the repository entries on this page,
>  > > https://launchpad.net/~alexandria-team/+archive/, or you can try
>  > > installing them directly. RIght now they're only built for Hardy, but
>  > > it's possible that they'll install on Gutsy (depends on whether
>  > > dependencies are met). I'll try to get them built for Gutsy as soon as
>  > > possible.
>  > >
>  > > The next packages to get built on the server are libamazon-ruby and
>  > > alexandria itself. It would be great if others would join
>  > > alexandria-team on Launchpad and help to distribute the labor of
>  > > maintaining all the packages. For anyone new to packaging, I would
>  > > suggest starting with a simple toy app or script like the one I did
>  > > for readinglist and following these guides:
>  > >
>  > > * http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/index.html
>  > > * https://help.launchpad.net/PPAQuickStart
>  > >
>  > > BTW, I'd much rather people give it a shot and make terrible mistakes
>  > > than not to have help! :)
>  > > --
>  > > -J. Method
>  > >
>  >
>  >
>  >
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-J. Method