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[Monty Taylor <mordred@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/23/2011 09:19 AM, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> Hi Monty,
> 
> Thanks for your quick reply.
> 
> On 08/24/2011 12:09 AM, Monty Taylor wrote:
>> Hi Thomas!
>>
>> Packaging for nova is _currently_ (like, this morning) on launchpad - as
>> is all of nova dev. (this will be changing soon) However, we do not keep
>> packaging in the upstream source tree.
> 
> It shouldn't be in the main tree, but in a *branch* (eg, in that branch,
> you would do "git merge master" and only work in the debian folder)...

Correct, and I hear you there. But I think we're talking about different
things, because all of nova and packaging are in bzr at the moment.

>> However, I'm working on rolling out an all new and improved packaging
>> tooling that should make it easier for you to collaborate with us
>> (git-buildpackage is certainly involved- as are builds for debian hosts)
>>
>> Gimme, like, 4 more hours and I'll have something to point you at as far
>> as that goes.
> 
> Take your time, I'm heading to bed at this time (it's midnight here in
> Shanghai...). Just ping me if it changes! :)

BED! Bah! :)

>> However, in the mean time, packaging can be found at:
>>
>> lp:~openstack-ubuntu-packagers/nova/ubuntu
> 
> Ok, so if I understand you, it didn't change, and it's still using bzr,
> right?
> 
> So we have:
> - git for "upstream" source
> - bzr for the packaging

No - "upstream" source is in bzr as well. (nova has not yet moved to git)

> Indeed, this needs to change! :)
> 
> Also, I have tried building Diablo v3 in SID. And it's quite horrible.
> Building the doc with sphinx fails horribly with loads of errors printed
> (but ignored), and the unit tests are simply failing to even start. Can
> one of the core developers have a look into what's happening? I can't do
> any packaging work, and even less upload to Debian, if it stays like
> this, and I'd be really happy to be able to have all in sync between
> Debian and Ubuntu if possible.

Yes. Absolutely - I'll be attacking this soon.

Monty