Hi, By the time I saw this, there were a volley of replies to this first attempt at contact.
Stephen Birch wrote: >Hi Kel and Itay > >One of the packages I have been planning for Debian is the spca5xx >package for which I filed a ITP some time back. Since I believed my >NM application was shortly to be completed I decided to not use my >normal sponsor for this package preferring to wait until I could do my >own uploads. > >Here is the ITP and associated comments: > >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304819 > >To my dismay the NM process is still not complete, the AM >just has too much work on his plate to complete the application. > > Heh, i saw the comment on the spca5xx download page too ; ) (Waiting . . . Waiting . . . ) >Recently several people have talked to me about using my sponsor for >the spca5xx package and not keep waiting for the NM queue. Okay >.. so I am now moving on this and want to get the package in Debian ASAP. > >Rechecking the ITP I noticed that Itay Ben-Yaacov pointed out that you >guys both have a package already complete. There is no point in >reinventing the wheel so Id like to use your work. > > Cool, How can I be of service? >I plan on dropping the changelog (if that is ok) entries but, of >course, give full credit in the README. I am writing to make sure you >are okay with this direction and to make sure you are happy with the approach. > > Sounds like a crap idea to me. I don't care whether my particular package has never had contact with the official debian distribution before. I've tried my best to improve on my package with each release and adhere to the strict debian policies in part of the effort to make Kanotix 100% debian. Even if a package does not come from the official debian repositories, its up to Stefan and I to make sure it is of debian standard in every way. Having said that, should our efforts not be documented as if this was going to be released into debian itself? >If you guys want to help with this (or even co-maintain) I'll put the >package online for your review before uploading to my sponsor. Since >you guys have already done the hard work it should be up quite soon. > >Steve > > > Sure, make an Alioth account, I'd love to share the experience of maintaining a quality package with other people who share the same enjoyment and freedom that debian gives them. Well, I made a few small updates in the past hour to my package to make it more suitable to enter debian and am confident that my work is of high enough quality to make it trivial to add the finishing touches (depending on your packaginging style perhaps). That is not assuming anything about the work of the other gentlemen in this equation, Itay, who seems to have been made uncomfortable by previous dealings with prospective DD(s). Likewise, I have been introduced into the world of debian development in a sour way. The "pkg-madwifi" project on Alioth is based on my efforts and I did not even have the opportunity of being able to reply to the wannabe maintainers request to "snatch" my efforts, so for sending this message to me is appreciated. (Even now I do not have write access to that svn repository) Anyway, to cut the story short, I don't want to have another bad experience, so just put the project into svn on Alioth. Let everybody look at it, propose some items that could be improved or worked on and discuss what actually needs to be done and by who. Thanks, Kel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
