Hi Simon, I'm writing you as a member of the Debian Med team.
On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 06:08:49PM +0000, Tim Booth wrote: > It's great to hear that you are using Bio-Linux and want to contribute > your Bpipe package. We also have a need for an effective lightweight > pipeline system that supports clusters and doesn't rely on a web client > (Galaxy) or a mountain of Java dependencies and remote services > (Taverna). +1 > What we can do do is to submit the package to Debian Med > (https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMed) which is what I do with all my new > packages where possible. Putting the package into Debian makes it > appear in Debian, Ubuntu, Mint and of course Bio-Linux so it's a big > win. +1 > To have a Debian package one needs first to make the initial package and > then to maintain it as new versions come out or bugs are reported. The > first bit is hard for you but easy for us. The second bit is where you > can make it much easier for us by being the primary maintainer in Debian > and handling necessary updates. (Don't worry that you are using > Bio-Linux rather than an Debian system - for Java apps it makes no > difference.) > > To this end I've copied this to the Debian Med list. Someone on the > list might fancy picking up the package - if not I'll have a look at it > myself but it will be a couple of weeks before I have time as I'm rushed > on various other jobs. Either way, we'll take you through the initial > packaging then make sure you are set up to be the primary maintainer. > It's a bit of learning for you but you won't have to swallow the entire > 106 page Debian packagers' policy manual ;-) Does that sound an OK > plan? I could also offer to help you getting started in a so called Mentoring of the Month project: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMed/MoM In short we would be really happy if you could help you to get the software you need into Debian and its derivatives. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-med-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150205205155.ga20...@an3as.eu