Dear list members,
I would like some advise on how to submit a `mediawiki` related DEB
package. Jeremy Baron recommended that I contact this mailing list.
0) New utilities
Ariel T. Glenn at WMF wrote a set of utilities, `mwxml2sql', that help
convert XML dump files into a format that can be readily loaded into
the database for a local instance of MediaWiki. These utilities are
written using C language, and offer some performance advantage over
existing utilities such as `importDump.php'.
The upstream source code may be found at
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/operations/dumps>.
1) Reason for packaging
I wrote `wp-mirror' which is a free utility for mirroring any desired
set of WMF wikis. This I distribute as a DEB package. My next
release, wp-mirror-0.6, is focused on performance improvement; and,
among other things, will make use of Ariel's utilities.
To facilitate the handling of dependencies, I decided to package
Ariel's utilities.
2) DEB package
I prepared a DEB package which is now named
`mediawiki-mwxml2sql_0.0.2-1_amd64.deb'. It builds correctly with
`debuild' and with `pbuilder'. `Lintian' only complains that it does
not close any ITP bug.
3) Patches
I patched Ariel's source code and Makefile, so that man pages could be
generated using `help2man'. I submitted the patch upstream, and Ariel
graciously applied it. One more patch is under review (a few typos).
4) ITP
I submitted an Intent-To-Package (ITP) bug to Debian, but have not yet
received the bug number.
Do you know anyone who would like to sponsor the package?
Sincerely Yours,
Kent
On 5/28/13, Jeremy Baron <jeremy(a)tuxmachine.com> wrote:
On May 28, 2013 12:34 AM, "Ariel T. Glenn"
<ariel(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Στις 27-05-2013, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 21:00 -0400,
ο/η wp mirror έγραψε:
From
looking at
http://packages.debian.org/sid/mediawiki-extensions-base it
seems we want to get in contact with Romain Beauxis or Thorsten Glaser
and see how to proceed.
pkg-mediawiki-devel(a)lists.alioth.debian.org is the place to mail.
Hmm I really have no idea what will happen to
some of these on a 32-bit
system, I should check that out in a vm sometime...
sounds like you just need tests in the Debian package and then Debian can
run those for you on all archs/ports.
-Jeremy