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Re: I may volunteer to be a package maintainer

From	<tomas@tuxteam.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: I may volunteer to be a package maintainer
Date	2018-11-08 15:10 +0100
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On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 04:54:13PM +0300, Reco wrote:
> 	Hi.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 08:30:17AM -0500, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> > > Be it as may, Debian does not require any contributor to also contribute
> > > directly to Ubuntu. Ubuntu just uses a lot of work that was originally
> > > done for Debian. (I do not mean that as an insult, that's the way free
> > > software works.)
> > >
> > >> The main reason I ask that is I know Debian supports many
> > >> architectures, which I don't have access to. I was mainly just
> > >> interested in maintaining the AMD64 arch. Is this possible?
> 
> Works in QEMU with couple hiccups. Emulation speed is slow though.

Besides, there are a few nifty tools which manage all of that
stuff nicely for you (including QEMU). Have a go at schroot:
it allows to cross build packages for other arches (and versions)
in a lightweight manner, as long as your host kernel doesn't diverge
too much from your target's.

Cheers
-- tomás

Thread

I may volunteer to be a package maintainer Robert Arkiletian <robark@gmail.com> - 2018-11-07 23:20 +0100
  Re: I may volunteer to be a package maintainer Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-08 08:10 +0100
  Re: I may volunteer to be a package maintainer Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2018-11-08 13:20 +0100
    Re: I may volunteer to be a package maintainer Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-11-08 14:40 +0100
      Re: I may volunteer to be a package maintainer Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-08 15:00 +0100
        Re: I may volunteer to be a package maintainer <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-11-08 15:10 +0100
          Re: I may volunteer to be a package maintainer Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-08 15:50 +0100
            Re: I may volunteer to be a package maintainer <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-11-08 16:10 +0100
              Re: I may volunteer to be a package maintainer Robert Arkiletian <robark@gmail.com> - 2018-11-08 22:10 +0100

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