[Pkg-osm-maint] My plans in OSM team

[Mònica Ramírez Arceda]

Hi,

El dj 14 de 04 de 2011 a les 12:06 +0200, en/na David Paleino va
escriure:
> On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:26:38 +0200, Mònica Ramírez Arceda wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> 
> Hello Mònica,
> 
> > I would like to share with you my plans related with packages of OSM
> > team (and some questions too):
> > 
> > * Bugs: I have been looking around but I see OSM packages are very
> > healthy :-)
> 
> And I also saw you posting to some bugs. Great start! :)

:-)))

> > * osm2go: I wanted to package it but it seems the project is abandoned
> > [0]. FYI: I am trying to contact with developers to confirm it, I've not
> > succeeded yet. If it is abandoned I think I won't do it.
> 
> Yes, that makes sense. We don't 

If I have more news, I'll keep you informed.

> > * bt747: I filed an ITP against bt747 (altough I see dapal has some
> > doubts about it...) [1]. Do you think  this package fits in Osm team?
> > (It shows your track in an OSM map and allows you to upload it to osm)
> > Or maybe it fits better in GIS Team? 
> 
> It can be co-maintained by both, IMHO. 

Oh! I thought this package was again a RFP, but I if the the person who
filed the bug is still interested in it, we can do it together, of
course. I'll write again to tell him this.

> However, apart from the questions I
> asked at the time, from time to time I tried to package it myself. Needless to
> say, the tarball I had at the time was bloated, with lots of third-party
> software needed to be stripped off, and it couldn't even build.
> So I'd say: if you want, give it a try. But it's not a "necessary" package ;)

I'm looking the upstream source and, as you say, it doesn't seem very
easy to package. But I'm quite interested because I use it to download
my gps data. For now, I'll give it a chance...

> > * other packages: maybe it would be useful to have a list of all
> > osm-related software (in Debian or not) that have the requisites to be
> > in Debian. I can do this list extracting info from Osm site [2], maybe
> > creating a wiki page?
> 
> Yes, please.
> However, not all OSM-related software is ready to be packaged in Debian; some
> is too experimental, or developed only for a short time, and so on. Be sure to
> pick up active projects :)

ok, I'll try to do my best and if not... it's a wiki :-)
I'll notice you when it's ready. 

I'll be out for  week or two, but I'll come back, I promise!

> Your contribution is much apreciated, thanks!

Not at all! It's a pleasure.
Mònica
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