Thank you, Urmas! This sounds great. I am not sure about how much help I can be when it comes to maintaining/packaging work that is such close to the kernel, but just shout out whenever you need help. Best, Steffen
> Gesendet: Montag, 29. Juli 2024 um 11:57 Uhr > Von: "Urmas Rist" <ur...@leil.io> > An: "Steffen Möller" <steffen_moel...@gmx.de>, "Tony Travis" > <tony.tra...@minke-informatics.co.uk> > Cc: "Aleksandr Ragel" <a...@leil.io>, "Debian Med Project List" > <debian-med@lists.debian.org>, "Andreas Tille" <ti...@debian.org>, "Piotr > Modrzyk" <p...@leil.io>, "David Gerstein" <da...@leil.io> > Betreff: Re: Re: Shared cluster storage for bioinformatics > > > Would there be a away to have you SaunaFS folks maintain a Debian package > > directly? Debian has this "Maintainer" concept that grants individuals the > > right to update packages - you need a sponsor for the initial upload but > > then you can help yourselves > > I've been thinking about during the weekend. So our company's position is that > if the community wants to package for specific distro, that's completely fine > by us, but we won't provide support for those packages (as that's the > maintainers job). > > However, I could be willing to volunteer personally to help maintain the > Debian > package if there's nobody else who could do it. I would do it in my personal > capacity and spare time after work. > > Regards, > --- > Urmas Rist > SaunaFS Maintainer > > ________________________________________ > From: Steffen Möller <steffen_moel...@gmx.de> > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2024 11:51 AM > To: Tony Travis <tony.tra...@minke-informatics.co.uk> > Cc: Urmas Rist <ur...@leil.io>; Aleksandr Ragel <a...@leil.io>; Debian Med > Project List <debian-med@lists.debian.org>; Andreas Tille <ti...@debian.org>; > Piotr Modrzyk <p...@leil.io> > Subject: Aw: Re: Shared cluster storage for bioinformatics > > Hello, > > Would there be a away to have you SaunaFS folks maintain a Debian package > directly? Debian has this "Maintainer" concept that grants individuals the > right to update packages - you need a sponsor for the initial upload but then > you can help yourselves > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer . > > Debian has a steady influx of new packages https://ircbots.debian.net/stats/ > but from what I observe the number of Debian developers is mostly steady > https://github.com/jwilk/dd-num-graph, so extra hands are important. > > Best, > Steffen > > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Juli 2024 um 14:01 Uhr > > Von: "Tony Travis" <tony.tra...@minke-informatics.co.uk> > > An: "Urmas Rist" <ur...@leil.io>, "Aleksandr Ragel" <a...@leil.io>, "Debian > > Med Project List" <debian-med@lists.debian.org> > > Cc: "Andreas Tille" <ti...@debian.org>, "Piotr Modrzyk" <p...@leil.io> > > Betreff: Re: Shared cluster storage for bioinformatics > > > > On 24/07/2024 12:13, Urmas Rist wrote: > > >> I followed this up and took a look at the "SaunaFS" GitHub" repo: > > > > > >>> https://github.com/aNeutrino/open-saunafs > > > > > > Quick correction: The official repository is here: > > > > > >> https://github.com/leil-io/saunafs > > > > Hi, Urmas. > > > > Sorry - Thanks for correcting my mistake, > > > > Tony. > > > > -- > > Minke Informatics Limited, Registered in Scotland - Company No. SC419028 > > Registered Office: 3 Donview, Bridge of Alford, AB33 8QJ, Scotland (UK) > > tel. +44(0)19755 63548 http://minke-informatics.co.uk > > mob. +44(0)7985 078324 mailto:tony.tra...@minke-informatics.co.uk > > > > >