Please merge backuppc 3.1.0-3 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

I've been reading through much of the Ubuntu docs on development, contribution, releases etc.
I now have the feeling that version upgrades only occur between releases, so therefore backuppc v3.1 will only be packaged for, and tested with hardy.

So a sysadmin of a backuppc server should expect to upgrade his Ubuntu release every 6 months to stay current with developments in backuppc.

Have I understood the process correctly?

I think some Ubuntu modifications to backuppc package (like preferring apache2) should be moved to Debian, then merging changes would be quicker and backuppc would be more up to date in Ubuntu.

Btw, some of Ubuntu changes (LSB logging in init scripts, support for /var/run, symlink /etc/backuppc/pc to /etc/backuppc) are already inlcuded in latest backuppc Debian package, so, it shouldn't be hard to merge backuppc 3.1.0-3 from Debian testing/unstable

I'm pasting Debian changes since latest Ubuntu package:

 backuppc (3.1.0-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added backuppc to /etc/aliases. Closes: #438331
   * Moved the pool size graphs to the bottom. Closes: #476659

 -- Ludovic Drolez <email address hidden> Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:26:57 +0200

backuppc (3.1.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * patched backuppc to show a nice rrdtool graph of the pool size.
   * added a conflicts: libfile-rsyncp-perl (< 0.68). Closes: #431979
   * removed the forgotten wwwconfig-common from dependencies
   * Japanese debconf template updated. Closes: #463646
   * Added the SSL option in apache.conf. Closes: #437685

 -- Ludovic Drolez <email address hidden> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:49:07 +0100 2007

backuppc (3.1.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release. Closes: #437451
   * Moved MTAs, rsync and openssh to the recommends line. Smbclient is still needed.
     Closes: #454795, #441337
   * symlink /etc/backuppc/pc to /etc/backuppc to follow the doc. Closes: #436793
   * moved the creation of /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost to the postinst. Closes: #451922
   * Added the PT debconf translation. Closes: #434291
   * Unfuzzy config.pl.diff. Closes: #452673
   * Support /var/run on tmpfs and use LSB logging. Closes: #452672
   * Properly remove /etc/apache*/conf.d/backuppc.conf. Closes: #452677

 -- Ludovic Drolez <email address hidden> Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:54:44 +0100

Hi,

Debian has 3.1 now, so we can merge. I'll start work on it.

Thanks,

James

Hi,

Here's the debdiff against the current Debian package. Please
sponsor it in to the archive.

Thanks,

James

James, will this going to be part of the repository? or only the diff?

Sorry to haggle you, but would like this version of backuppc.

sorry for the bad grammer...

On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 15:33 +0000, scsikid wrote:
> James, will this going to be part of the repository? or only the diff?

This will be part of Intrepid if and when it passes review. You can
expect it to be there in a few days time.

Thanks,

James

This bug was fixed in the package backuppc - 3.1.0-3ubuntu1

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backuppc (3.1.0-3ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable (LP: #180352), remaining changes:
    - We like apache 2 more, so move it first to the alternatives list.
      - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488656
    - Munge Maintainer field as per spec.
    - Don't move /var/lib/backuppc/conf/* (and then delete) to /etc/backuppc
      in rules, upstream is shipping the config files in /etc/backuppc
      themselves.
      - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488659
  * Move rsync and libfile-rsyncp-perl to Recommends, as they will now
    be installed, but not forced.
  * Move away from "multiuser" for update-rc.d.
    - Use "start 20 2 3 4 5 . stop 20 1 ." as arguments to update-rc.d via
      dh_installinit.
    - Change "Default-Stop: 0 1 6" to "Default-Stop: 1" in
      debian/backuppc.init.
    - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Teardown
    - Remove stop script symlinks from rc0 and rc6.
    - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488660

backuppc (3.1.0-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Added backuppc to /etc/aliases. Closes: #438331
  * Moved the pool size graphs to the bottom. Closes: #476659
  * Watch file fixed

backuppc (3.1.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * patched backuppc to show a nice rrdtool graph of the pool size.
  * added a conflicts: libfile-rsyncp-perl (< 0.68). Closes: #431979
  * removed the forgotten wwwconfig-common from dependencies
  * Japanese debconf template updated. Closes: #463646
  * Added the SSL option in apache.conf. Closes: #437685

backuppc (3.1.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release. Closes: #437451
  * Moved MTAs, rsync and openssh to the recommends line. Smbclient is still needed.
    Closes: #454795, #441337
  * symlink /etc/backuppc/pc to /etc/backuppc to follow the doc. Closes: #436793
  * moved the creation of /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost to the postinst. Closes: #451922
  * Added the PT debconf translation. Closes: #434291
  * Unfuzzy config.pl.diff. Closes: #452673
  * Support /var/run on tmpfs and use LSB logging. Closes: #452672
  * Properly remove /etc/apache*/conf.d/backuppc.conf. Closes: #452677

 -- James Westby <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:20:59 +0100

I'm running ubuntu server 8.04 and have issues trying to build backuppc 3.1.0-3. Will the intrepid version work with my server version? If so can someone highlight how this can be installed?