[Pkg-octave-devel] Packaging Octave image acquisition package

[Thomas Weber]

Hi Tudi, 

thanks for acting so quickly. I include your email in full below, as I
CC the mailing list. 

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:18:25AM +0100, Tudi Le Bleis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been using Debian for some time and I would like to contribute
> to it, though I do not know where to start.
> 
> I found the "project"
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianFrance/NewContributorGame
> 
> and it sounds interesting. In particular the project whose name I used
> as a Subject to this mail, as I am often using Octave.
> 
> I am not sure how it works, do you coordinate something or should I
> start from the elements indicated?
> 
> I have quite some experience in C/C++ programming, and I also have
> some knowledge about python, fortran, perl, ruby.
> 
> With best regards,
>  Tudi.

This project is more about packaging than about programming, although
programming experience is definitely a plus. The idea is to add the
image-acquisition package to Debian under the maintainership of the
Debian Octave group. This means creating the package, including the run
of the testsuite on the buildds and caring about bugs and user requests
(the last part sounds scarier than it really is :)).

Do you have any previous experience with packaging? Answering "no" here
is not a problem, this is also a mentoring project for us. But it helps
us to better understand your interests and needs.
Also, could you elaborate a bit about how you are currently using
Octave? Do you happen to work/study in an area where image acquisition
is of interest for you?

Thanks
	Thomas