# HG changeset patch # User Sebastien Jodogne # Date 1619698229 -7200 # Node ID 9461a56f225f09179df4f7cc9cfd2a1584a3d361 # Parent 9062c9c464f5b7aef38cb8ce812cabd56fed3cfe backporting diff -r 9062c9c464f5 -r 9461a56f225f Sphinx/source/contributing.rst --- a/Sphinx/source/contributing.rst Thu Apr 29 13:59:11 2021 +0200 +++ b/Sphinx/source/contributing.rst Thu Apr 29 14:10:29 2021 +0200 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ * **Plugins**: - Support of MSSQL databases - - :ref:`Worklist plugin ` to interface with REST API, HL7 or Myrth + - :ref:`Worklist plugin ` to interface with REST API, HL7 or Mirth Please `get in touch with Osimis `__ if you want to sponsor these developments. @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ `__, CentOS, openSUSE...). - Take ownership of the now-orphaned `Fedora package `__. + - Take care of :ref:`Debian/Ubuntu backporting `. - Share your maintenance scripts or sample code inside the "`Orthanc Contributed `_" public GitHub repository, via pull requests. diff -r 9062c9c464f5 -r 9461a56f225f Sphinx/source/users/debian-packages.rst --- a/Sphinx/source/users/debian-packages.rst Thu Apr 29 13:59:11 2021 +0200 +++ b/Sphinx/source/users/debian-packages.rst Thu Apr 29 14:10:29 2021 +0200 @@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ Orthanc is available as an offical `Debian package `__ -that is continuously updated by the Orthanc core developers. This -implies that Orthanc is also available in the `Debian derivative -distributions +that is continuously updated by the Orthanc core developers in the +`Debian Sid/unstable distribution +`__. This implies that Orthanc +is also available in the `Debian derivative distributions `__, most notably in `Ubuntu `__. Most @@ -38,6 +39,15 @@ * Advanced users: :ref:`replace the binaries from the package by the LSB binaries `. + + +**Note about backporting:** Bringing a new version of Orthanc to an +older Ubuntu/Debian release (typically, a LTS release) is known as +"backporting". The process for initiating a backport in `Ubuntu +`__ or in `Debian +`__ is publicly available, but the core +developers of Orthanc will not do this packaging task by themselves +because of a limited bandwidth: You are kindly invited to contribute! Installation