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Subject: Re: [Xenomai] Debian packaging bug in Xenomai v2.6.1
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To: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>
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On 07/12/2012 05:41 PM, Roland Stigge wrote:
> On 07/12/2012 05:14 PM, Jeff Webb wrote:
>>>> I unfortunately don't have the ressources to regularly sync/update
>>>> debian/* in the xenomai.org dev repository.
>>
>> Do you have the resources to update debian/* on xenomai.org just before
>> each release is made?  I don't think it's necessary to update it any
>> more often than that.  I'm assuming that you eventually package each
>> release anyway, so it would be nice to do it before a release is made
>> official.  Of course, if you don't have time for that or your
>> availability doesn't line up with the timeframe for a release, that is
>> understandable.  I am just asking if the problem is trying to keep the
>> git repository up to date all the time, or if you don't even have time
>> to do it for each release.
> 
> It would be possible for me if I get ~2 weeks notice before a Xenomai
> release to already do _before_ the Xenomai release what I would normally
> do _afterwards_ anyway (for Debian). Gilles, is this possible?

Yes, it is possible, of course.

Next question: the current debian directory is (I believe), compatible
with Debian stable. The rationale being that it allows people to install
the latest xenomai revision on Debian stable.

Is this "feature" useful, or simply something that nobody does (I feel
few people are using Debian stable these days)?

-- 
					    Gilles.