[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#673318: ITP: mwrap -- Octave/Matlab mex generator

Sébastien Villemot sebastien.villemot at ens.fr
Sun May 20 13:07:45 UTC 2012


Nicolas Bourdaud <nicolas.bourdaud at gmail.com> writes:

> On 18/05/2012 09:17, Sébastien Villemot wrote:
>> 
>> May I suggest you to maintain this package under the umbrella of the
>> Debian Octave Group? [1]
>> 
>> Co-maintenance of packages is considered to be a good thing (TM), and
>> within this group we already maintain most Octave-related packages in
>> Debian.
>
> It is a good idea. I have changed the maintainership to reflect this.
> The package is ready and available at (buildable with git buildpackage):
> git://cnbisrv02.epfl.ch:443/pkg-mwrap.git
>
> It just now requires a sponsor, and being marked as ready for upload in
> changelog.

I made a quick review of the package, and I would suggest the following
changes:

- add the pristine-tar branch in the git repository; we use this feature
  in all packages of the Debian Octave Group (all our packages are built
  using the --git-pristine-tar option of git-buildpackage)

- mention Octave in the long description of the package and in the
  manpage (maybe every time MATLAB is mentionned)

- make a more informative short description (should mention Octave/MATLAB)

- remove the alternative build-dependency on octave3.2-headers; if you
  want to create backports, it is better practice to create dedicated
  branch for this purpose (like squeeze-backports branch or
  Ubuntu-specific branches)

- if possible, create a debian/watch file

> I have also request to join the Octave Group.

I have added you to the project.

The git repository should be installed on git.octave.org under the
directory /git/pkg-octave/mrwrap.git. You should already have the
necessary permissions, but don't hesitate to request help if
needed. Also, you should install the post-receive hook which sends
commit notifications to the pkg-octave-commit list (see the other
repositories to see how to do that).

Concerning sponshorship, I cannot sponsor the initial upload since I am
a DM. If you want me to be able to sponsor subsequent uploads, you can
add me to the Uploaders field and I will happily do so. There is a DD in
the group, Thomas Weber, who may sponsor your initial upload (Thomas:
are you willing to do that when the packaging is ready?)

Thanks for your contribution,

-- 
Sébastien Villemot
Researcher in Economics & Debian Maintainer
http://www.dynare.org/sebastien
Phone: +33-1-40-77-84-04 - GPG Key: 4096R/381A7594
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