Re: ITA: LSB package maintenance in Debian

On 02/16/2012 10:12 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> retitle 616131 ITA: lsb -- Linux Standard Base 4.0 support package
> owner 616131 !
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> (tl;dr Git repository with actual state is available, please help :->)
> 
> I just noticed the worrying state of the LSB package in Debian:
> 
>   * Still in version 3.2 (released in January 2008) while 4.1 is out
>     since a year (coincidently today);
>   * RFA'd - #616131;
>   * "behind" Ubuntu since at least Karmic (9.10) which already had 4.0.
> 
> I would like to get the LSB package up to date before Wheezy's freeze,
> planned for June.
> 
> For now, I just filled a Git repository [0] with all past Debian (at
> least those available on snapshot.debian.org) and Ubuntu releases (on
> the master-ubuntu branch). I think I mostly got authors and dates
> straight, but it was not fun.
> 
> Now my intentions (despite limited available time) are:
> 
> 1) put it under explicit team maintenance;
> 	Maintainer: [email protected] ? [1]
> 	Uploaders: Myself + Chris ?
> 2) push the repository to collab-maint;
> 3) merge most of the current lsb (4.0) Ubuntu package into it,
>    including dpkg-vendor magic to have both distros handled.
> 4) if needed, update it to 4.1;
> 5) upload a new version to experimental as soon as possible;
> 6) triage and if possible address all Debian bugs;
> 7) update the packaging to modern practices (short dh, etc)
> 
> So, is anybody willing to join the fun ?

I know Jeff Licquia expressed an interest in getting involved.  I assume
he's seeing this anyway but I've added him here explicitly.