[ubuntu-studio-devel] [LMMS-devel] Bastardized 1.0 in 14.04

[Timo Jyrinki]

2014-04-14 10:32 GMT+03:00 Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051387 at gmail.com>:
> @Timo if we file an SRU is it safe to say that we have you to back such a
> request?

Sure. I can probably help best by reviewing any branch that's
suggested to be merged against
https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/trusty/lmms/trusty
as part of that SRU.

So here's a recap of what needs to be understood and done (there might
be other ways too):
1. bzr branch lp:~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/trusty/lmms/trusty # Base
your branch on the current packaging branch in trusty, which includes
both upstream sources and the debian/ packaging
2. Have Israel set up https://launchpad.net/lmms so that in addition
to lp:lmms there's a code branch that tracks upstream 1.0.0-stable in
addition to master
3. bzr merge lp:lmms/1.0.0-stable # (example, after the branch is there)
3.-2. Another possibility to 2./3. would be if there's eg. a 1.0.1
tarball, or a git archive:d 1.0.0+git20140415.abcdabcd tarball, and
use bzr merge-upstream (see --help for instructions) and forget about
bzr upstream mirror branches
4. Edit changelog to indicate a newer snapshot from the stable branch,
refer to the LP bug where you describe the problem being solved in the
SRU
5. Drop patches that are already part of the stable branch
6. Push your branch to eg lp:~myname/ubuntu/trusty/lmms/trusty_SRU and
use Launchpad web interface to propose it for merging against
lp:~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/trusty/lmms/trusty
7. Follow all https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates guidelines
in setting the bug description et cetera

The package should be buildable from the branch with 'bzr bd' (apt-get
install bzr-builddeb) without errors of any kind.

-Timo (Mirv @ Freenode)