[maemo-developers] Mer Development Update

[From: David Greaves]

Ian wrote:
> Hi
>>> If anyone is *really* interested there is some work we're doing to
>>> try and use
>>> DVCS in the packaging process too. It looks really complex at first
>>> sight but
>>> actually it's fairly simple - there's often just a lot of it. Ask if
>>> you're
>>> interested :)
>> I have followed some of the discussion around that process, if I'm not
>> mistaken Martin Krafft from debian fame started this. I wonder if you
>> guys have a document describing the process as used inside mer, if so
>> I'd like to read it. I think there is room for lots of innovation here.
> 
> Here is the talk from Debconf 8:
> 
> Packaging with version control systems
> http://caesar.acc.umu.se/pub/debian-meetings/2008/debconf8/high/547_Packaging_with_version_control_systems.ogg

Ah, yes....

now if you'd said madduck on #vcs-pkg then I'd have known ;)

We've discussed this a bit and he's advised me. I'm going to publish this to
their mailing list and you may well recognise the diagrams on my page and those
on vcs-pkg.org...

Also, FWIW we are attempting to satisfy the Ubuntu-MID (or other) needs from an
upstream PoV; we'd like to see the Nokia devs do this too :)

David


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