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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Repackaging Debian packages]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=56776#p56776</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><blockquote><div><p>It&#039;s in unstable</p></div></blockquote></div><p>Shows up in Trixie as well, in addition to the git clone command to install local version listed.</p><p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=debcraft&amp;searchon=names&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all" rel="nofollow">https://packages.debian.org/search?keyw … ection=all</a></p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (RedGreen925)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Repackaging Debian packages]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=56773#p56773</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><blockquote><div><p>I have been using your TimeShift for the longest while, if I recall correctly, since ascii.</p></div></blockquote></div><p>To be fair, I&#039;ve only been helping with TimeShift since 2020 as an uploader and not as a maintainer. The DD that sponsors the TImeshift uploads has been doing the vast majority of the updating the past few years, but I jump in when I notice that a new version is out and he&#039;s not updated it yet.</p><div class="quotebox"><blockquote><div><p>You might get a faster reply to your query via IRC, on Libera-chat go to #devuan-dev, that&#039;s where all the big cheeses usually hang out</p></div></blockquote></div><p>Thanks, I might give that a try later on. I&#039;ve not had great success with chat based communication, especially if there is a large volume of conversation. If one party of the conversation suddenly needs to leave then the dialog gets lost in the noise. If there is a large time gap between people in a dialog then it quickly falls apart as one person is trying to communicate while the other is sleeping and the message get lost in the noise.</p><div class="quotebox"><blockquote><div><p>Hi I seen this posting on the Debian Planet and immediately thought of this thread I read the other day. Especially when I read the mentorship offer part at the bottom of it. Could be worth a try to reach out and see if he can help.</p></div></blockquote></div><p>Thanks, I might reach out to him. I don&#039;t agree with him that having to build packages on Debian is a problem. How on earth is one supposed to test the resulting package if not on your own Debian machine?! I&#039;m also a little uncertain how containers could be used for some packages. For example, when I think I am done building the Swift compiler the very next step is to install those new .deb files on my local system on top of the Swift compiler that I just used and re-build the package to make sure that I have produced a compiler that can still compile itself. There was one time that I did indeed build a compiler that could not rebuild itself due to some changes in upstream that my packaging needed to account for. I fear that all he has accomplished is to worsen the complaint of &quot;Debian has too many tools to learn, often with overlapping or duplicate functionality.&quot; One of the challenges I face is that I work with 4-5 DDs to sponsor my uploads and each one has his own preferred tools and flows that they want me to use.</p><p>I enjoy contributing and seeing the work that I do spread out to Devuan, Ubuntu, and their derivatives such as Pop OS.</p><div class="quotebox"><blockquote><div><p>I don&#039;t see it in the repo.</p></div></blockquote></div><p>It&#039;s in unstable <a href="https://repology.org/project/debcraft/versions" rel="nofollow">https://repology.org/project/debcraft/versions</a></p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (SteveM)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Repackaging Debian packages]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=56771#p56771</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>^^ That&#039;s an interesting article, but the author said his program is available now using apt, but I don&#039;t see it in the repo. I wouldn&#039;t mind trying it.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (greenjeans)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Repackaging Debian packages]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=56769#p56769</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi I seen this posting on the Debian Planet and immediately thought of this thread I read the other day. Especially when I read the mentorship offer part at the bottom of it. Could be worth a try to reach out and see if he can help.</p><p><a href="https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/debcraft-easy-debian-packaging/" rel="nofollow">https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/debcra … packaging/</a></p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (RedGreen925)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Repackaging Debian packages]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=56757#p56757</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi SteveM, and welcome! I can&#039;t speak for the devs because i&#039;m not one, but in general we are very grateful for anyone who&#039;s willing to lend a hand!</p><p>You might get a faster reply to your query via IRC, on Libera-chat go to #devuan-dev, that&#039;s where all the big cheeses usually hang out <img src="https://dev1galaxy.org/img/smilies/wink.png" width="15" height="15" alt="wink" /></p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (greenjeans)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Repackaging Debian packages]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=56756#p56756</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Hello:</p><div class="quotebox"><cite>SteveM wrote:</cite><blockquote><div><p>None of my packages are particularly important ...</p></div></blockquote></div><p>I beg to differ.<br /><em>Every</em> bit of work contributed to Devuan Linux is important.</p><p>I have been using your <span class="bbc">TimeShift</span> for the longest while, if I recall correctly, since <span class="bbc">ascii</span>.</p><p>Best,</p><p>A.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Altoid)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Repackaging Debian packages]]></title>
			<link>https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=56753#p56753</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>I maintain some Debian packages and am often held back from releasing updates due to needing to contact a sponsor to do the uploading for me. One of my packages is going to be released to Debian Stable at an older version containing a bug simply because the DD that normally sponsors that package has not replied to my e-mail for months. I have been working to get maintainer status for these packages, but that hasn&#039;t been successful yet as that too depends on DDs that are very busy.</p><p>Does Devuan have any interest in having me develop packages directly for Devuan or would you rather that I continue to contribute upstream? None of my packages are particularly important or popular. Here is a list of them for context:<br /><a href="https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=swm%40swm1.com" rel="nofollow">https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?log … 40swm1.com</a></p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (SteveM)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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