2013/7/5 Andreas Tille <andr...@an3as.eu>

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 04:10:17PM +0200, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
> > Le 3 juil. 2013 14:50, "José Luis Redrejo Rodríguez" <
> jredr...@debian.org>
> > a écrit :
> > >
> > > I've been maintaining qucs since 2004 to 2012, so I know this package
> > pretty well and I have already prepared most part of its debianization.
> Did
> > you fill an ITP ?
> > > We can arrange a qucs maintaining group if you want.
> >
> > We must first package adms*. I have an itp for it since one year and
> > package under mentors.
> >
> > I welcome a comainting under debian science if needed.
>
> Thanks for bringing Debian Science up - otherwise I would have done
> this.  Luis, Debian Science repositories (SVN or Git as you prefer) are
> writable for any DD so you can commit straight to it.  The package is
> also mentioned in Debian Science task electronics - so it perfectly fits
> here.  I'd strongly recommend using Debian Science Vcs for packaging
> because your work will show up on the Blends sentinel even before it is
> uploaded.
>
>

Andreas, I don't see it clear:
- For me qucs is education related more than science, so, I'd consider it
in debian-edu more than in debian-science
- I've been qucs maintainer for 8 years, and filled the needed itp to have
it again in the archive after a qt4 version looks to be working.
- I don't like at all  Adms in qucs, its compilation in most Debian
platforms is not very clear, and it looks more like a patch than a program
- If Adms is a problem I will check how qucs works without Adms, because
there's not a working circuits simulator in Debian for secondary and
vocational teaching (oregano is totally buggy and geda is a joke for
teenagers). If verilog part must be removed to compile and work correctly
in Debian I think that can be assumed, as there are some compilers and
simulators to use verilog in Debian  which are suitable for adults or
university students.

But...
I'd be glad to consider maintaining qucs with someone who is collaborating
with upstream and would be happy to see this mess finishing and having
again qucs in the Debian archive. As I've previously said, it's a needed
tool as there are no graphical working electronics simulators in Debian. My
students are using now https://www.circuitlab.com/ because of it. If
Bastien has tested the compilation of adms in non intel architectures and
it's not a problem we could go ahead, but I need more info to avoid the
stalling of qucs in sid because of Adms problems with the builders. As I've
said before, qucs should work without Adms and verilog is not a must for me
when I think in the secondary and vocational teaching world.


Regards
José L.

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