Re: Regarding: Bug#721430: crosstool-ng, startpoint for further effort

[Chris Packham <Chris dot Packham at alliedtelesis dot co dot nz>]

On 27/05/17 22:03, Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 03:42:45PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
>>
>> Hello Chris,
> 
> Hello again
> 
> 
>> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 09:11:14PM +0000, Chris Packham wrote:
>>> On 23/05/17 09:05, Geert Stappers wrote:
>>>> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 09:10:03PM +0000, Chris Packham wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I think I need to at least update my PR against the latest released
>>>>> version
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a git clone of https://github.com/cpackham/crosstool-ng.git
>>>> found the patch for the PR.
>>>>
>>>> I'll join it with my work from yesterday.
>>>>
>>>> And we have to find a way how we join effort.
>>>>
>>>
>>> OK let me know if you need any help. I think the patch should rebase
>>> cleanly against https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng.git master.
>>
>> We both did change debian/control and debian/changelog
>> there would have been an git merge conflict.
>>
>> I have merged our work.  The result is attached.
>>
>>
>> Looking forward for your feedback.
> 
> Thing that interrests me most is
> if you want to be the maintainer of crosstools-ng
> 

It would make sense for Alexy (@stilor) to be the maintainer of the 
debian packaging but I don't mind taking it off his plate if he's too 
busy. The packaging doesn't necessarily have to have the same 
maintainership as crosstool-ng itself.

> 
> Find attached another debian tarball for ct-ng.
> Change is addition of 'wget' and 'curl' as build dependencies.

I haven't had a chance to look at your changes yet but adding wget and 
curl seems sane. The only thing is that if something is in the 
build-essentials package then it's not generally listed as an explicit 
dependency.

> 
> Also as "retransmit" because I don't know if recieved the previous one.

Yes It came through, just trying to find some time to look at it.

Alexy,

I'll incorporate Geert's changes an update PR352. Still looking for an 
actual Debian developer help get this into unstable/testing/whatever.