Re: [Fwd: garage Project Approved] Discussion of AbiWord on Maemo role

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>> maybe a good idea is move the current code from src/pkg/maemo to this
>> project;
>> and use the others svn repository like abiword, lib wv, ... with
>> externals, for avoid duplicate the code.
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> That is my plan at the moment - simply move the packaging out of the
> main source tree, similar to how other distributions handle their
> packaging outside of our tree. Basically, get the /debian directory
> outside, and then also document the build process. I'd like to get the
> packaging to the point where it can be updated and handled in the
> "Normal Debian Way" (TM). We might also consider maintaining packaging
> for less-common dependencies (new libgsf, enchant, etc)
>
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>> what you think?
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> I think the first thing that should be done is that an abiword-pkg
> module should be created in SVN and the src/pkg/maemo stuff should be
> transferred from AbiSource to the Garage repository in some way
> maintaining full history. I see Rob has posted instructions - it seems
> like to follow those we would have to move stuff around in AbiWord SVN
> first. I'm not a SVN master, so I'd prefer that someone else with more
> experience handle this part so I don't break anything.
>
Sorry for replying to myself, but I just saw this on the Maemo list:
http://www.bifh.org/wiki/sbdmock
It's what Nokia uses for building their packages inside of Scratchbox.
If we could get our packaging to the point where we could use this,
there may be some benefits.
>> BR
>> Renato
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