Where to express package requests?

Dutch_Master · 2018-06-23 07:41:52

Something I haven't found so far: where can I request packages to be build/included into Devuan? There's 2 I'd like to see appear ASAP (seamonkey and unetbootin) but nowhere on the Devuan site can I find a way to request those packages being included, all I found was a reference to this forum.

TIA!

emanym · 2018-06-23 11:10:42

There is an old package for unetbootin in wheezy, it is possible to build that from debian source packages on (debian)jessie at least. Building just a binary from more recent source also worked.

devuser · 2018-06-23 11:13:04

I guess you could post in the after Ascii wishlist thread but your best chances would probably be to follow the official packaging guide and volunteer to maintain those packages yourself.

Dutch_Master · 2018-06-23 12:27:37

Well, I'm not really interested in becoming a package maintainer. For starters, I'm not a coder, I've already committed to introducing a local language pack (and a 2nd if that goes well) and a lot of other commitments (non-Linux related!) take up a lot of spare time.

I did find a page introducing d1h, which may or may not entice me giving it a try for personal use.

golinux · 2018-06-23 15:17:32

devuser wrote:

I guess you could post in the after Ascii wishlist thread but your best chances would probably be to follow the official packaging guide and volunteer to maintain those packages yourself.

^ ^ ^ This. ^ ^ ^ The devs have their hands quite full maintaining critical system packages. But do post a request and maybe those with similar inclinations would band together to help maintain those packages.

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#1 2018-06-23 07:41:52

Where to express package requests?

#2 2018-06-23 11:10:42

Re: Where to express package requests?

#3 2018-06-23 11:13:04

Re: Where to express package requests?

#4 2018-06-23 12:27:37

Re: Where to express package requests?

#5 2018-06-23 15:17:32

Re: Where to express package requests?

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