Hi Andreas, Le 30/05/2020 à 07:51, Andreas Tille a écrit : > Hi Pierre, > > On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:48:39PM +0200, Pierre Gruet wrote: >> >> Lastly I have begun packaging Java software needed as dependencies of >> snpeff, that we would need in Debian Med as it is related to genes and >> proteins. > > At first I'd like to say thanks a lot for this. >
You are welcome! :) > > > For picking a team there is no real right or wrong. As I recently wrote > here[1] we should assemble all biology / medicine related software no > matter what language it is written in, here. But also to this rule > exceptions exist. > > We have a very "bad" example for generic software in Debian Med team > which is libzstd which is now even on boot disks. I'd love to get rid > of this here - but there is no other place and it was initially > maintained by a Debian Med member. > > I think the decision where to maintain involves also some gut feeling. > I usually decide based on the chances I see to get the best maintenance. > Its better to get mails about RC bugs via the channels you usually read > instead of just getting information that your final target package will > be removed from testing due to RC bugs somewhere else. > Thanks a lot for giving your opinion in details, this helps! > >> Of course we in Debian Med will do the maintenance effort as we need >> those software (e.g. for snpeff, which we want to have in Debian), but >> don't you think that other teams could blame us for working on packages >> that would logically be maintained by them? > > There is no "blame" about this. Teams like Debian Med and Debian > Science are working closely together. There is no real competition > about who maintaines what. > I perfectly understand. I was not suggesting competition, but trying to infer some rules in the mechanisms that lead one package to be maintained in one team or another. Besides, I am very much aware of one of the main reasons, which is the needs and time of the members of the teams. > >> I imagine you already have an opinion on that, and I would be interested >> in the rationale. > > For you as a newcomer I'd recommend to stay in a team where you are > comfortable with. Finally packages can be moved between teams if > needed. I'm personally reading Debian Science list but not with the > same frequence as the Debian Med list. So if you want a quick response > from me, just maintain it here. If you rather want to meet people in > Debian Science which can be interesting, just do it there (and may be > CC me in mails to be save to get quick response). Both is fine. > Thanks again. I am indeed very comfortable in Debian Med; my only concern was to do things correctly in my Debian work :-) I will thus go on doing the packaging efforts toward SnpEff in Debian Med. > >> Thanks for reading, and have a very nice week-end, > > Same to you > > Andreas. > Kind regards, Pierre
