Dear Ariel,
Some time ago, I generated a DEB package named
`mwxml2sql_0.0.2-1_amd64.deb'. It works very well, and was the source
of the patches that I submitted upstream. Now that I have learned
that you welcome such patches, it occurs to me that you might want the
DEB package as well. If so, then there are a number of things we
should discuss.
0) Naming
Your other DEB packages have names like:
mediawiki_1.19.6-1_all.deb
mediawiki-extensions-base_3.3_all.deb
mediawiki-math_1.0+git20120528-7_amd64.deb
For naming consistency, would you like the `mwxml2sql' package to be
renamed something like
mediawiki-mwxml2sql_0.0.2-1_amd64.deb
1) ITP
Debian policy requires that new packages first be announced with an
Intent-To-Package (ITP) bug report. Then a `Debian Developer' may or
may not step forward to sponsor the package for inclusion in a Debian
distribution.
Do you have someone in-house, who is serving as a `Debian Maintainer'?
If so, could you introduce us?
2) Architectures
All my systems are AMD64. Whereas `mwxml2sql' contains C language
programs, and whereas Debian is a binary distribution; a set of
`mwxml2sql' DEB packages should be prepared, one for each
architecture. Do you have a way of generating DEB packages for other
architectures?
Sincerely Yours,
Kent