Therefore I will try pushing the package again in July since that is my target for getting rid of all non-dfsg build tools. But from now I wanted to fix the debian directory so when the code is completely includable in Debian I could include it without much much fuss at that point.
Dylan > Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 23:57:55 +0200 > From: deb...@toell.net > To: borgdy...@hotmail.com > CC: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: RFS: dylandotnet > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Dylan, > > On 14.05.2011 23:20, Dylan Borg wrote: > > > As my audience I would like people wanting to work in .NET/CLI and > > wanting a new language to programwith that is not under the power of > > large companies(i.e. C#). I plan to make program templates for using > > component such as gtk and other commonly used linux libraries. As > > self-hosting is achieved dylan.NET shall be only developed under Linux. > > please note Debian is not intended as a possible platform to promote and > advocate your own project. You should have a notable user base before > you are actually trying to introduce a package to Debian. > > Don't get me wrong, it is perfectly fine to have upstream authors > interested to maintain their own projects in Debian - no one else would > know them better than they do. What David wanted to advise you is, you > should - perhaps - think whether your program really already has enough > users, which would justify inclusion to Debian targeted to a large > audience in contrast to some enthusiastic contributors. You seem not to > have really much downloads [1]. > > Moreover, all we can do, is to suggest you what you could or should do. > It is still fine if you keep trying to find a sponsor for your package > once you passed through at least the things David mentioned - but the > tenor of our comments seem to suggest you should perhaps wait a bit more > until you really want to push Debian inclusion. Since your build > dependencies are non free (as of our DFSG, as David explained you > already) things are even more complicated (for you). > > > [1] https://launchpad.net/dylandotnet/+download > > - -- > with kind regards, > Arno Töll > GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJNzvrjAAoJEMcrUe6dgPNtW7YP/jnW3ITTioQb/J1Mz0JQr9ie > eo1bj8Y5xY7J8Pca/YoyMTfVlilH8LM+isdbKKh+sloYG7Ybo+Z5wyEXG5VRMFUh > BsS+tBKA6WY0YsRzQx/aIzIFKET2fGRhx+WvACkJOGIy5KRedGPdPYNiirmPwolo > MsCeY3jsDjany5mbYOWVVIh/YzGnyRCvZHOTYn4y7/QeQTaAYcBMlYmOYXOTXEhG > PYuUxIEFMM/gG9FhGYhsPyz6QvH2K2a/Q4b55Vh9AKhCqYGkzyzpjttagR17YXOx > 1H9Y4Ms/GIaTyrXMd5sASXJQUJ4OtJqfKTzF6uwmYb5yY6kihZLhMiI2n/+FCsNR > hPxuZTtRjakyBPg8Lxams5hkloguqKzErtr91ugbrxk2yj+V5d8dNno37VyGi30N > pfHib7/LaWgUmrQfWVIUxOaoR8EJjcg5Z9IWfP8NY/bpNWqOYfTmiTdYhZ3yeN4Y > Zb7FrqU2//eZexN7ov3rllFePsXdqNDUKghfF7pMaFJBugOG1myniWZ+HtVdhOXl > WvAYMcFBOrknVKDQZX0+zp2QYuSUc2R7DHaB9HHdMS6pf/yWxY2oTXAZ6kCYTqau > Wz0aW3JkZuh2FY3WOvexOwwKuqCqLIPcEH7sapjRjhsjuGMa0TLg074Uu8scbKEc > LNGhdeAgrw3AfpfFmvRz > =WhRo > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dcefae3.2030...@toell.net >
