Hi Mike, Toni,
sure, I'd be happy to have Gaia Sky in Debian! For the Debian team where
it would fit, I would agree that both fit. Maybe use Debian Edu as
"maintainer", and put Debian Astro as "uploader" (or vice versa).
If you (Toni) is interested in packaging it, and you (Mike) willing to
sponsor, having Eebian Edu as primary would probably the best; in any
case I am also willing to help and/or sponsor.
Best
Ole
Am 31.10.23 um 08:32 schrieb Mike Gabriel:
Hi Toni,
On Do 19 Okt 2023 09:01:19 CEST, Toni Sagristà Sellés wrote:
Hi there,
I am the developer of Gaia Sky
(https://zah.uni-heidelberg.de/gaia/outreach/gaiasky), a free and
open-source astronomy visualization software (3D Universe-like). The
most important feature of Gaia Sky is that it supports catalogs of
over a billion objects in real time.
We offer already a .deb package for download in our website.
A long time ago, there were attempts to bring Gaia Sky to the official
Debian repos (see https://codeberg.org/gaiasky/gaiasky/issues/39). The
discussion was initiated by Ole Streicher, but sadly nothing ever
materialized.
Do you think there's still interest to make it happen? Would Gaia Sky
be a good candidate for Debian Edu Astronomy?
Regards,
Toni
also a reply from me.
It is always good if Debian package maintainers have a personal interest
in the software to be packaged. As you seem to have that, you are
probably the first/best candidate to pick up the packaging task for the
initial, official Debian upload. Also, count me in as a possible sponsor
/ coach for getting the packaging of Gaya Sky polished enough for the
initial upload.
Does a debian/ folder for the software already exist? How did you create
the .deb packages? If the debian/ folder is available, is it published
somewhere, e.g. on codeberg.org?
Also Cc:ing Ole on this, maybe he still has interest in the software...
The software is suitable for team maintenance by the Debian Edu
Packaging Team, but also suitable for packaging under the umbrella of
the Debian Astronomy team.
@Ole: can you give feedback? Are you still interested?
light+love
Mike
