Replacing libio-compress-bzip2-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl..

Scott Kitterman · External Since: Jul 21, 2009 Posts: 6

As I previously mentioned on the debian-perl list, upstream has combined
libio-compress-bzip2-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl, libio-compress-zlib-perl,
and libio-compress-base-perl into libio-compress-perl. I'm working on
updating this in Ubuntu and want to contribute the work back to Debian.

The draft package is in the pkg-perl svn (since they are maintainer of all but
one of the constituent modules). I also added anyone who was in Uploaders or
Maintainer for any of these packages to Uploaders for the combined package.

http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-perl/trunk/libio-compress-perl/debian/

The package builds and is Lintian clean (source and binary), but before it can
be uploaded, libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl and libcompress-raw-zlib-perl will
have to be updated. As soon as this is done, libio-compress-bzip2-perl,
libcompress-zlib-perl, libio-compress-zlib-perl, and libio-compress-base-perl
will be uninstallable. Given the need for a trip through New, I'm not sure
what the best way to manage that is.

I'm hoping to upload an Ubuntu'ized version of this soon, so I would
appreciate any review comments people have to offer.

Scott K

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Bas Zoetekouw · External Since: Nov 24, 2004 Posts: 297

Hi Scott!

You wrote:

> As I previously mentioned on the debian-perl list, upstream has combined
> libio-compress-bzip2-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl, libio-compress-zlib-perl,
> and libio-compress-base-perl into libio-compress-perl. I'm working on
> updating this in Ubuntu and want to contribute the work back to Debian.

Great!

> The package builds and is Lintian clean (source and binary), but before it can
> be uploaded, libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl and libcompress-raw-zlib-perl will
> have to be updated. As soon as this is done, libio-compress-bzip2-perl,
> libcompress-zlib-perl, libio-compress-zlib-perl, and libio-compress-base-perl
> will be uninstallable.

Why should the -raw package be updated? The new libio-compress-perl
simply depends ont hem, so I don't see why these need to be changed.

Furthermore, as the new package Provides and Replaces the old
libio-compress-bzip2-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl,
libio-compress-zlib-perl, libio-compress-base-perl, I don't think they
will become uninstallable; they will simply be replaced on any upgrade,
and can be safely removed from the archive once libio-compress-perl
makes it through NEW. Or am I overlookign something here?

> I'm hoping to upload an Ubuntu'ized version of this soon, so I would
> appreciate any review comments people have to offer.

Will you also maintain and uplaod the package in Debian?

Best regards,
Bas.

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Scott Kitterman · External Since: Jul 21, 2009 Posts: 6

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:12:03 +0200 Bas Zoetekouw <bas.RemoveThis@debian.org> wrote:
>Hi Scott!
>
>You wrote:
>
>> As I previously mentioned on the debian-perl list, upstream has combined
>> libio-compress-bzip2-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl,
libio-compress-zlib-perl,
>> and libio-compress-base-perl into libio-compress-perl. I'm working on
>> updating this in Ubuntu and want to contribute the work back to Debian.
>
>Great!
>
>> The package builds and is Lintian clean (source and binary), but before
it can
>> be uploaded, libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl and libcompress-raw-zlib-perl
will
>> have to be updated. As soon as this is done, libio-compress-bzip2-perl,
>> libcompress-zlib-perl, libio-compress-zlib-perl, and
libio-compress-base-perl
>> will be uninstallable.
>
>Why should the -raw package be updated? The new libio-compress-perl
>simply depends ont hem, so I don't see why these need to be changed.
>
>Furthermore, as the new package Provides and Replaces the old
>libio-compress-bzip2-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl,
>libio-compress-zlib-perl, libio-compress-base-perl, I don't think they
>will become uninstallable; they will simply be replaced on any upgrade,
>and can be safely removed from the archive once libio-compress-perl
>makes it through NEW. Or am I overlookign something here?

I may have over reached on the versions of the *raw* packages needed. The
uninstallability concern is because (at least some of) these packages
depend on a version of the raw packages less than 2.020. I believe (but
did not actually check) that this is due to incompatibility. This is why
I've assumed they need updating together.

The new raw-zlib version is needed by the current amavisd-new release.

>> I'm hoping to upload an Ubuntu'ized version of this soon, so I would
>> appreciate any review comments people have to offer.
>
>Will you also maintain and uplaod the package in Debian?
>
No. I'm glad to contribute the packaging work back to Debian, but I don't
have a long-term commitment to the package. I only got into this because I
was updating the amavisd-new dependency chain in Ubuntu.

Scott K

P.S. Still not subscribed to the pkg-perl list, so please cc me on any
replies.

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Bas Zoetekouw · External Since: Nov 24, 2004 Posts: 297

Hi Scott!

You wrote:

> >Why should the -raw package be updated? The new libio-compress-perl
> >simply depends ont hem, so I don't see why these need to be changed.

> I may have over reached on the versions of the *raw* packages needed. The
> uninstallability concern is because (at least some of) these packages
> depend on a version of the raw packages less than 2.020. I believe (but
> did not actually check) that this is due to incompatibility. This is why
> I've assumed they need updating together.

Ah indeed, libcompress-raw-zlib-perl is still on versiion 2.015. I
don't think there were any API changes after that, but it won't hurt to
update it, anyway. libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl is already at version
2.020, so it shouldn't need any changes.

> >> I'm hoping to upload an Ubuntu'ized version of this soon, so I would
> >> appreciate any review comments people have to offer.
> >
> >Will you also maintain and uplaod the package in Debian?
> >
> No. I'm glad to contribute the packaging work back to Debian, but I don't
> have a long-term commitment to the package. I only got into this because I
> was updating the amavisd-new dependency chain in Ubuntu.

Ah ok, clear. I'd be happy to take care of this package, if necessary.

Best regards,
Bas.

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Scott Kitterman · External Since: Jul 21, 2009 Posts: 6

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:05:30 +0200 gregor herrmann <gregoa DeleteThis @debian.org>
wrote:
>On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:26:31 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:

>> The draft package is in the pkg-perl svn (since they are maintainer of
all but
>> one of the constituent modules). I also added anyone who was in
Uploaders or
>> Maintainer for any of these packages to Uploaders for the combined
package.
>>
>> http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-perl/trunk/libio-compress-perl/debian/
>
>Some comments:
>* debian/watch:
> please drop the _ to avoid matching developer releases
> (that "tradition" is rather new)
done

>* please rename debian/libio-compress-perl.docs to
> debian/libio-compress-perl.examples and change the contents to
> "examples/*"
done

>* debian/changelog:
> why is there the whole changelog of libio-compress-base-perl?
> libio-compress-perl is a new package so it should only have one
> changelog stanza with "Initial release (closes: #nnnnnn)." (and
> maybe a mentioning of the merge for users and ftp-masters). That
> also implies filing an ITP.
Fixed.

>* debian/copyright:
> please convert to the new format -- and I think it can be greatly
> simplified. IMO there's no reason to mention stuff from older
> packages.
I did not do this. I did review and take some information from all of the
older packages, so I'm not comfortable removing the attribution. I won't
object though if someone else is.

I'm waiting for the new copyright format to be finalized before investing
my time in it. If someone else in the team cares to convert it, that's
fine with me, but I don't care to do it.

>* debian/rules:
> this is the debian/rules file from libio-compress-base-perl ?!
> I guess it could be simplified but haven't looked in detail
Yes. It now needs something for the transitional packages to build, but
it's very late and I'm out of energy.

>* debian/control:
> - there's "Build-Depends-Indep: [..], libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl
> (>=2.020), libcompress-raw-zlib-perl (>= 2.020)" but those are
> not in Depends
fixed.

> - we need transitional dummy packages for the 4 "old" packages,
> depending on the new libio-compress-perl, and
fixed.

> - Replaces and Conflicts have then to be versioned as "(<< 2.020-1)"
fixed.

>> The package builds and is Lintian clean (source and binary), but before
it can
>> be uploaded, libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl and libcompress-raw-zlib-perl
will
>> have to be updated.
>
>Right, quoting META.yml:
>requires:
> Compress::Raw::Bzip2: 2.020
> Compress::Raw::Zlib: 2.020
>
>> As soon as this is done, libio-compress-bzip2-perl,
>> libcompress-zlib-perl, libio-compress-zlib-perl, and
libio-compress-base-perl
....
>Disclaimer: all this stuff is hurting my brain, so other thoughts are
>highly appreciated!

I'm right with you.
>
>@Bas:
>At the moment libio-compress-perl is in the pkg-perl repo and I guess
>we can maintain it there, but I think there are no objections if you
>want to take care of it Smile

It's no matter to me which it is as long as someone cares for it in Debian.

Scott K

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Scott Kitterman · External Since: Jul 21, 2009 Posts: 6

....... Original Message .......
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:05:30 +0200 gregor herrmann <gregoa.DeleteThis@debian.org>
wrote:
>On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:26:31 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>
>> As I previously mentioned on the debian-perl list, upstream has combined
>> libio-compress-bzip2-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl,
libio-compress-zlib-perl,
>> and libio-compress-base-perl into libio-compress-perl. I'm working on
>> updating this in Ubuntu and want to contribute the work back to Debian.
>
>Great!
>
>> The draft package is in the pkg-perl svn (since they are maintainer of
all but
>> one of the constituent modules). I also added anyone who was in
Uploaders or
>> Maintainer for any of these packages to Uploaders for the combined
package.
>>
>> http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-perl/trunk/libio-compress-perl/debian/
>
>Some comments:

Except for reformatting debian/copyright, I've incorporated fixes for all
your comments. I believe it's ready enough for upload. I'll leave it for
you to decide who maintains it.

Scott K

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Scott Kitterman · External Since: Jul 21, 2009 Posts: 6

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:43:49 +0300 Damyan Ivanov <dmn DeleteThis @debian.org> wrote:
>-=| Scott Kitterman, Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 02:10:06AM -0400 |=-
>> Except for reformatting debian/copyright, I've incorporated fixes
>> for all your comments. I believe it's ready enough for upload.
>> I'll leave it for you to decide who maintains it.
>
>I wouldn't call what gregoa is suggesting "reformatting". The current
>debian/copyright is totally useles. Imagine how would this file look
>like if you write it anew and please correct the differences.
>
If you'd let me know what about it is no policy compliant, I'll be glad to
fix it.

Scott K

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