Re: Bug#721430: crosstool-ng packaging for Debian

[Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>]

On 19/07/17 07:57, Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 09:26:53PM +0000, Alexis Murzeau wrote:
>> On 17/07/2017 17:44, Geert Stappers wrote:
>>>
>>>> using existing work.
>>> Most likely you missed some of the existing work.
>>> We, Chris, you (Alexis Murzeau) and I (Geert),
>>> need to find out what work exists and merge it in one.
>>>
>>> What is needed that some of us says:
>>>     URL is for the time being the leading SCM repository
>>>
>>
>> I've found so far only the main repository on github at [1] to contains
>> Debian packaging files.
>> I've not checked the package on mentors.debian.net extensively but found
>> it relatively close to the one in official sources [1].
>> I can't find the crosstool-ng package on mentors.debian.net anymore,
>> does it get to a new stage ?
>>
>>
>> Is there other already known repositories out there ?
> 
>   git repro https://github.com/cpackham/crosstool-ng.git
>   branch debian-packaging-update
> 

The changes from that branch have been merged to the upstream repo so 
it's effectively dead. I'll probably delete it shortly.

>> (So I can maybe  make a pull request or something :-) ).
>> I guess it's better for the Debian package source repository to be a
>> separate one from the upstream crosstool-ng one ?
> 
> Yes, some indepency from upstream has advantages
> 
> 
>> Alexis Murzeau
> 
> Groeten
> Geert Stappers
> 
> 
> [1] https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/tree/master/debian
>