Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-13 Thread Frank Küster
Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >> Do you have plans to become a Debian Developer, by the way? > > I used to have, but lately I've been too busy. I hope that, > in a few months, I will be again following debian-devel et al., > and rethinking about becoming a DD. No D

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-13 Thread Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime
> Do you have plans to become a Debian Developer, by the way? I used to have, but lately I've been too busy. I hope that, in a few months, I will be again following debian-devel et al., and rethinking about becoming a DD. > Or reformulate it so that everybody can get the meaning. E.g. "I have

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-13 Thread Frank Küster
Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >> Do you have plans to become a Debian Developer, by the way? > > I used to have, but lately I've been too busy. I hope that, > in a few months, I will be again following debian-devel et al., > and rethinking about becoming a DD. No D

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-13 Thread Frank Küster
Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Many thanks for your review! > >> Have you read the new maintainers guide, and had a look at the >> developers' reference? > > Yes, at least once. But it's true that I should read them > carefully these days... > >> I had a look at it,

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-13 Thread Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime
> Do you have plans to become a Debian Developer, by the way? I used to have, but lately I've been too busy. I hope that, in a few months, I will be again following debian-devel et al., and rethinking about becoming a DD. > Or reformulate it so that everybody can get the meaning. E.g. "I have

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-13 Thread Frank Küster
Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Many thanks for your review! > >> Have you read the new maintainers guide, and had a look at the >> developers' reference? > > Yes, at least once. But it's true that I should read them > carefully these days... > >> I had a look at it,

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 07:03:50PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > Some packages maintain a debian directory in the upstream CVS, but > > exclude it from source tarball releases. That way, the official Debian > > maintainer can easily use a different debian directory for the packages > > uploaded

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 07:03:50PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > Some packages maintain a debian directory in the upstream CVS, but > > exclude it from source tarball releases. That way, the official Debian > > maintainer can easily use a different debian directory for the packages > > uploaded

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime
> But WHY ??? > > > IMNSHO it is a waste of effort to maintain a second debian directory. > > Co-operate with upstream for a good debian directory. In my case, there was at least one practical reason for upstream to use its own "debian/": he wanted "giac" being distributed in Quantian with its

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 08:56:41AM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime wrote: > > > Bernard (upstream author) expressed his intention of including the > > "debian" subdirectory in the upstream tree. In fact, he maintains deb > > packages of Giac for Quantian (a mathematical

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime
> But WHY ??? > > > IMNSHO it is a waste of effort to maintain a second debian directory. > > Co-operate with upstream for a good debian directory. In my case, there was at least one practical reason for upstream to use its own "debian/": he wanted "giac" being distributed in Quantian with its

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Matt Brubeck
Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime wrote: > Bernard (upstream author) expressed his intention of including the > "debian" subdirectory in the upstream tree. In fact, he maintains deb > packages of Giac for Quantian (a mathematical-oriented Knoppix > derivate) but didn't have the time for a careful obs

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime
Many thanks for your review! > Have you read the new maintainers guide, and had a look at the > developers' reference? Yes, at least once. But it's true that I should read them carefully these days... > I had a look at it, and there are some problems: > > - The program is packaged as Debian na

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 08:56:41AM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime wrote: > > > Bernard (upstream author) expressed his intention of including the > > "debian" subdirectory in the upstream tree. In fact, he maintains deb > > packages of Giac for Quantian (a mathematical

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Matt Brubeck
Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime wrote: > Bernard (upstream author) expressed his intention of including the > "debian" subdirectory in the upstream tree. In fact, he maintains deb > packages of Giac for Quantian (a mathematical-oriented Knoppix > derivate) but didn't have the time for a careful obs

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime
Many thanks for your review! > Have you read the new maintainers guide, and had a look at the > developers' reference? Yes, at least once. But it's true that I should read them carefully these days... > I had a look at it, and there are some problems: > > - The program is packaged as Debian na

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 02:26:04PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > - The program is packaged as Debian native. This shouldn't be, it should > have an orig.tar.gz and a diff.gz. I wonder if it would be good idea to add some tests to lintian/linda about it? I often make similar mistakes... I make pa

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Frank Küster
Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As described in bug 155075, I intend to package GIAC, a computer algebra > system developed by Bernard Parisse, author of the algebra software of > HP 49G, 40G, 49G+, 48GII calculators. > > GIAC's homepage is > http://www-fourier.u

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 02:26:04PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > - The program is packaged as Debian native. This shouldn't be, it should > have an orig.tar.gz and a diff.gz. I wonder if it would be good idea to add some tests to lintian/linda about it? I often make similar mistakes... I make pa

Re: looking for sponsor - giac, computer algebra system

2004-04-12 Thread Frank Küster
Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As described in bug 155075, I intend to package GIAC, a computer algebra > system developed by Bernard Parisse, author of the algebra software of > HP 49G, 40G, 49G+, 48GII calculators. > > GIAC's homepage is > http://www-fourier.u