Hi! * W. Borgert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060930 15:04]: > > Upstream author is offereing debian packages in his homepage, wouldn't > > it be possible to offer him sponsorship? Didn't take a deeper look at > > the packages. > The source code package seems not to be in perfect shape yet.
Not, that was why I was ofering him guidance / mentoring (that's included in my definition of "sponsorship ;) > I don't know how upstream built the .deb, as I could not find > a ./debian/ directory nor could I compile the source code at > all. Found regular source packages here: ftp://lem.eui.upm.es/pub/lemdeb/dists/stable/main/source/misc Still some work to do. > This package should taken by a developer with some knowledge of > the Spanish language, as I would not be able to maintain a > software, where file and function names (and code comments and > installation instructions!) are not in English. Hmm... perhaps someone from the spanish crowd? > Maybe there should be a policy, that non-English source code is > not allowed in Debian, because it makes maintainance very hard, > e.g. in case the security team has to fix sth. and the code is > obfuscated by using non-English variable names etc. :-( Hmmm... that discussion doesn't belong in this bug report, but to the project list. But I don't think it would be a good idea. Yours sincerely, Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
