[pkg-bioc] Package r-cran-climatol wanted in Debian

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

David!!

Long time no email!

On 27 August 2009 at 02:08, David Vernazobres wrote:
| Hi there,
| 
| Yes I know, and I am totally out for some more time...
| But I might jump in, one week-end again ;-) I still have some piece of
| code running on some backup hard-drive...

Have a look at what is in http://r-forge.r-project.org in the cran2deb svn
repository -- now it is mostly R-based with some shell scripts and sql
magic.  We're building 1800+ packages on two architectures.

Charles and I would love to walk you through. This is rewrite not really
based on the earlier 'v1.0' you worked on with Steffen and me.

Dirk

| 
| Cheers,
| David
| 
| On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel<edd at debian.org> wrote:
| >
| > On 26 August 2009 at 11:55, Steffen Moeller wrote:
| > | Hi,
| > |
| > | Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
| > |
| > | > On 26 August 2009 at 01:57, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
| > |
| > | > | my colleague would like to use the package r-cran-climatol. The
| > | > | package r-cran-climatol_1.0.3-0.r2d.1_all.deb from
| > | > | http://pkg-bioc.alioth.debian.org/debian/cran/ seems to work
| > | > | fine. However, it is not (yet) in Debian, therefore one cannot
| > | > | rely on the typical advantages of an official Debian package,
| > | > | like security support, use of the BTS, etc. So we would like to
| > | > | see it in Debian. What is the best way to get it into Debian?
| > | > | Shall I file an RFP? Do I have to upload it myself? TIA!
| > |
| > | I feel that we should find ways to just use the automated packaging more, to save our man
| > | power for the more interesting bits. The bug management should allow dealing with such
| > | packages, too, bugs should then be forwarded to upstream to comment on. Dirk, would it not
| > | be OK to prepare an ITP for all the packages that your new cran2deb has prepared? It would
| >
| > Well, I am under no illusion that I can maintain 1700+ new packages within
| > Debian.  In fact, I'd rather reduce the load of my 120+ packages.
| >
| > Which is why cran2deb output is not in Debian.
| >
| > For starters, you'd have to hand-write 1700+ new-style copyright files making
| > sure you cover every copyright holder.  Not something I can automate.
| >
| > In short:  this is a non-starter as far as I am concerned.
| >
| > Dirk
| >
| > | inform on the whereabouts of that new package and also clarify that it will not be
| > | uploaded the distribution unless some human soul starts caring for it.
| > |
| > | If your colleague plans for a longer commitment to that package, it would probably be nice
| > | to find him as a (Debian) maintainer of that package and drag him into the (Debian)
| > | distribution with you as his mentor. Less illusionary may be to suggest you to just adapt
| > | the source and upload it.
| > |
| > | The mostly-dead alioth project has a subdirectory "packages" or so where I keep some
| > | debian folders for some packages, still. The idea was that this way one could eventually
| > | combine the automated updates with the manual improvements done to the packaging .... but
| > | this never went off.
| > |
| > | Many greetings
| > |
| > | Steffen
| >
| > --
| > Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions.
| >
| >

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