Re: spec file maintencehey

[josh lucas <josh stonecottage com>]

If no one has already done it, I was going to start with
gnome-applets.spec and move on from there.  I hope to be able to work on
it tonight..


josh

Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> 
> Hi again!  I've been doing some serious hacking on the spec files, and I
> think the ones that I have are in pretty decent shape.  There are a
> whole bunch of these, and clearly I haven't got enough time to work on
> all of them all the time.  What I'd like is get some volunteers to do
> the following:
> 1. Pick a module to work on.
> 2. Get the spec file for that module from
> ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/plain-GNOME/SPECS/
> 3. Get that module from CVS (anonymous or otherwise, it won't matter).
> 4. Compare the plain-GNOME spec file with the one in CVS, and "merge"
> the plain-GNOME changes into the one in CVS.
> 5. Create a patch that will apply cleanly to CVS.
> 6. submit the patch via bugzilla, and cc me on that.
> 
> Some of these could be fleshed out a bit more than I've done here, with
> specific instructions on how to create patches and such, if somebody
> wanted to do that.  So, who's going to volunteer to do some of these?
> Oh, I suppose you want a list too, huh?  ok, here's a quick dump of
> these things.
> 
> audiofile.spec
> bonobo.spec
> bug-buddy.spec
> control-center.spec
> eel.spec
> eog.spec
> esound.spec
> gconf.spec
> gdk-pixbuf.spec
> gdm.spec
> ggv.spec
> ghex.spec
> glade.spec
> glib.spec
> gnome-applets.spec
> gnome-audio.spec
> gnome-core.spec
> gnome-games.spec
> gnome-guile.spec
> gnome-libs.spec
> gnome-media.spec
> gnome-print.spec
> gnome-python.spec
> gnome--.spec
> gnome-user-docs.spec
> gnome-utils.spec
> gnome-vfs.spec
> gtk-engines.spec
> gtkmm.spec
> gtk+.spec
> gtop.spec
> imlib.spec
> libghttp.spec
> libglade.spec
> libgtop.spec
> librsvg.spec
> libsigc++.spec
> libxml.spec
> medusa.spec
> oaf.spec
> ORBit.spec
> panelmm.spec
> rep-gtk.spec
> sawfish.spec
> scrollkeeper.spec
> xalf.spec
> xml-i18n-tools.spec
> 
> ./fifth-toe:
> eog.spec
> gabber.spec
> gal.spec
> gnucash.spec
> gnumeric.spec
> gtkhtml.spec
> libole2.spec
> 
> Ok, so the "fifth-toe" packages are a bit sparse, I've only got the ones
> in there that I've been using.  There are more on my list, but I haven't
> gotten there yet.  If you want to volunteer for ones that I've not done
> yet, great, but I'd like to get these into CVS soon, so that I can stop
> merging changes from upstream.  So, write back and tell me what you're
> volunteering for!
>         Greg
> 
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