[Pkg-osm-maint] Sponsoring mkgmapgui (was: Re: [VAC] ~now → September)

[Mònica Ramírez Arceda]

Hi,

El ds 25 de 06 de 2011 a les 11:01 +0200, en/na Giovanni Mascellani va
escriure:
> Hi.
> 
> On 24/06/2011 21:50, Mònica Ramírez Arceda wrote:
> > I uploaded it but it seems that git-import-dsc ignores the .ds
> > extension. I renamed the files of pristine-tar archives and now it works
> > (at least, for me).
> > 
> > I also uploaded the package to mentors:
> > 
> > dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mkgmapgui/mkgmapgui_1.1.ds-1.dsc
> > 
> >> The package looks very good and I'll probably sponsor it. But I need to
> >> be able to compile it, of course! :-)
> > 
> > Hopefully, now you can :-)
> 
> Just a few comments:
> 
>  * Both the website and readme.txt suggest to run mkgmapgui with at
> least 512 MB of memory (i.e., with option -Xmx512M). Your script doesn't
> do it: you just forgot it or you have reasons to believe it's not
> needed? Did you test it on big data sets?

I fixed this issue adding this option.

>  * More generally, please consider making your wrapper script a bit more
> flexible: usually they select the Java VM or its calling options basing
> on environment variables. For example, consider the wrapper script for
> josm (this is not a requirement for my sponsorship, but I encourage you
> to at least consider it).

I adapted the josm wrapper script to mkgmapgui. Now, it's a little bit
more flexible :-)

> 
>  * The description can be improved: while the short synopsis is ok, the
> long description mostly describes mkgmap instead of mkgmapgui; moreover,
> this description doesn't make much sense to people that don't know what
> Osm and Img are; I'd suggest to use something like this instead:
> 
> ---
> mkgmapgui is a GUI front end to mkgmap, a command-line utility for
> converting OpenStreetMap map files to files that can be uploaded to a
> Garmin GPS device.
> 
> While not all the advanced feature of mkgmap are implemented in
> mkgmapgui, the most used are: beside converting .osm files to the Garmin
> .img format, it's able to combine multiple .img files into one bigger file.
> ---

I changed a little bit your description to highlight what features
mkgmpagui implements.

> Other than this, your package appears good. Let me know about these
> issues and I'll do the sponsoring. :-)

I updated the git repository as well as the package in mentors, trying
to fix all these issues.

Thank you very very much for your advices.
Please, tell me if you find out more issues, I'll be glad to fix
them :-)

Cheers,
Mònica
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 836 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-osm-maint/attachments/20110626/be6f1835/attachment.pgp>