[maemo-developers] Diablo, do we need a separate repository?

[From: Niels Breet]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 14:59, Ryan Pavlik wrote:
> For those working with the enhancements, it would obviously be best to
> keep the Diablo stuff separate, but allow a very easy forward/back-port of
> packages.  In many cases, it's just a changing of a target in the debian
> changelog - is there someway a web-based "backport/forwardport" service
> could be put together to allow the advantages of a separate repository
> while not inhibiting the ability to share essentially identical packages?
>

I think the autobuilder[1] might help developers with building for
different versions. They would need to submit the source package for
chinook and diablo though.


> --
> Ryan Pavlik
> www.cleardefinition.com
>

- Niels

[1] http://extras-cauldron.garage.maemo.org/HOWTO.html