On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:02:45 +0200
Boian Bonev <bbonev@???> wrote:

> > ...
> > > > apt works for me it is just the dialog to modify, add or delete
> > > > repositories in synaptic
> > > > that doesn't work as some template is missing:
> > > >
> > > > aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a
> > > > distribution template for Devuan/chimaera
> > > >
> > > > I was wondering If we couldn't add this template to synaptic itself
> > > > or to software-properties-gtk package.
> > > >
> > > > Ciao,
> > > > Tito
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Tito,
> > > It appears that there are no devuan-specific template files for
> > > synaptic.  Attached is my first attempt (copied from Debian template,
> > > and modified, but I probably got some things wrong).  These two files go
> > > in /usr/share/python-apt/templates
> > > Hope this helps somewhat.
> > >
> > > Temp
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > thanks for your effort, I was not able to find where this templates were
> > hidden.
> > Seems to work here, software-properties-gtk dialog window opens without
> > exception. Could this somehow be added to debian or devuan?
>
> The templates live in python-apt-common (this package is not forked in Devuan).
>
> There are two options:
>
> 1) Submit a PR to the packager/team in Debian
> 2) Fork the package for Devuan and maintain the appropriate information in it
>
> My opinion is that 1) is not a good option, because the mirror list is volatile
> information and that would require stable updates on a regular basis (and that
> won't easily happen in Debian)

Hi,
a stupid question, could the templates be added to the base-files package
that is already forked?

> Also I have noticed that this is not existing: http://security.devuan.org/ and
> MatchURI: is not proper in most cases (contents of Devuan.info)

Yes this needs to be fixed.

> I can help with packaging the forked python-apt-common but I can not help with
> testing because I do not use aptitude.

I can test it with synaptic if needed.

Ciao,
Tito

> With best regards,
> b.
>
>
>
> >
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