Comment 5 for bug 135874

On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 04:56:59PM -0500, William F. Reading wrote:
> >So, when I saw the Stepmania release for GNU/Linux, and I was so happy
> >that I want package this software into a Debian Package.
> >But, to do a Debian package, the software have to compile. So, I
> >download the sources of stepmania, and run the configure script, but,
> >it
> >doesn't work !
> >I saw that you use autoconf/automake, and I try to copy some files, but
> >... it doesn't work, and, I can't compile the software.
> >
> >So, if you can send me a version, which can be compiled, it will be
> >very
> >good ;-)

As I pointed out in Debian ITP #201448, it won't be possible to package
StepMania for distribution in Debian for some time, since we don't have a
theme appropriate for main. If you want to package it for general use (not
for inclusion in Debian), that's fine, but I'd recommend waiting for a
release.

I'd suggest that one should have sufficient experience to report problems
correctly--you didn't give any hint of what didn't work--and a good
understanding of build processes and autoconf before making Debian
packages, though.

--
Glenn Maynard