[Pkg-octave-devel] Packaging libann for Debian [was: Re: SWIG]

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson <ojsbug at gmail.com> [2008-09-02 22:46]:

> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:04:51AM +0200, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> > * Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson <ojsbug at gmail.com> [2008-05-13 01:37]:
> > 
> > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 08:50:24PM +0200, Thomas Weber wrote:
> > > 
> > > > That said, calling flags for the C++ compiler 'CFLAGS' is quite eh
> > > > 'uncommon'. And frankly, people should stop hard-coding that stuff and
> > > > ask octave-config for it. That's what the script is for.
> > > 
> > > Well, I don't think the programmers for ANN [1] were thinking about
> > > octave when they made that library :-)
> > > 
> > > [1] http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mount/ANN/
> > 
> > In that case, it would be more appropriate to package libann separately for
> > Debian. I could not find any ITP [1] or RFP [2] for it, though.
> 
> I just found a private debian repository that has libann packaged
> (though not fit for debian yet, but perhaps a start).
> 
> http://debian.icg.tugraz.at/dists/unstable/main/source/
> 
> Should we package this seperately?

Yes, definitively.  See section 4.13 of the Debian Policy Manual [1].

The maintainer of the package, according to the .dsc file [2], is Alexander
Bornik <bornik AT icg.tu-graz.ac.at>, who does not seem to be a DD.  We
should contact him and offer to sponsor the package.  I can do it in the
behalf of the DOG, unless someone else wish to do it.

[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-embeddedfiles
[2] http://debian.icg.tugraz.at/dists/unstable/main/source/libann_1.0.1-2.dsc


-- 
Rafael