Fwd: [Ubuntu Community Hub] Who is responsible for updating the Ubuntu .deb packages like Pinta?

[Athos Ribeiro]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 01:45:53AM +0530, Saptarshi Roy wrote:
>Dear Teams

Hi,

>The Pinta .deb package in Ubuntu Software is on version 1.6 which was
>released on Mar 2, 2015.
>
>The current version 2.0.2 was released earlier this year on Jan 14.
>
>I wish to use an updated .deb version of Pinta, and I'm writing to
>understand what kind of contributions do you need from the community to
>achieve this end goal. I'm ready and willing to contribute if my skills
>match with that of your requirements.

Most of the information needed is available in the forwarded message
below.

By checking the bugs in the Debian package, I came across
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=877106.

The Upstream maintainer mentions that the package now uses
dotnet-runtime-6.0, which is not available in Debian.

I am not aware of the current state of dotnet packaging in Debian nor if
there is any efforts going on in that sense (maybe someone will hop in
the thread to enlight us on that matter).

To update the package in Debian (which would eventually get it to land
in Ubuntu), you'd need to understand the current state of (or efforts to
introduce) dotnet in and help them introducing the package there. Then
you would be able to update pinta to version 2.

Also, note that the dotnet package has recently been added to Ubuntu.
The dotnet-runtime-6.0 is available. First you would need to check if
all the other dependencies are available as well. In case they are, you
could propose a patch (could be a debdiff in a new bug in launchpad
against the pinta package) or as a git ubuntu MP for that same package.

>Thank you.
>
>---------- Forwarded message ---------
>From: Ian Weisser via Ubuntu Community Hub <noreply at discourse.ubuntu.com>
>Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 at 02:21
>Subject: [Ubuntu Community Hub] Who is responsible for updating the Ubuntu
>.deb packages like Pinta?
>To: <sroypc at gmail.com>
>
>
>ian-weisser
>November 8
>
>How to determine:
>
>   1.
>
>   Let’s look at the output of plain old apt show pinta:
>
>   Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
>   Original-Maintainer: Debian CLI Applications Team
><pkg-cli-apps-team at lists.alioth.debian.org>
>
>
>   This tells us that the package gets merged from Debian. Most packages
>   are, but it’s good to confirm that.
>   2.
>
>   Let’s take a look at the Debian Package Tracker for Pinta:
>   https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pinta
>
>   Lots of great information there! Debian is using the same version. No
>   new version is in the pipeline, and here’s why:
>
>   [image: image]
>   <//ubuntucommunity.s3.dualstack.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/8/c8ed934929bb0c00096de8be70a2056ed87f7c31.png>
>
>   3.
>
>   A Pinta snap is available with a much newer version, but I’m going to
>   ignore it because you specified the deb package.
>
>The takeaway here is that it’s not an Ubuntu failure of *responsibility*.
>It’s a lack of Debian volunteers. A lot of volunteer help is needed at
>Debian to fix the blockers and the bugs and thence to get an upgrade into
>the pipeline.
>
>My advice to everybody led here by a search engine: Pitch in! Contact that
>Debian maintainer team (Debian CLI Applications Team) and see where your
>skills can best help. Commit a few evenings to learning how to fix one of
>the problems. Just a couple hands can get the pipe unclogged and running
>clear.
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>Kind regards,
>Saptarshi Roy

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