On 2007-06-19 11:12+0100 Andrew Ross wrote: > > I think I now have the Debian scripts in a state where I can build > all the packages using the new cmake system. I have now fixed the > python packages, which weren't previously working. I have also > resurrected the java packages (which are now built with jikes / kaffe > rather than gcj). > > Since I am not a Debian developer, I am not in a position to upload > them. If we have a working system though we may be able look someone > willing to support the packages and upload them as necessary > (volunteers?). Alternatively, perhaps I should go through the > application process to become a developer so we can properly support > plplot under Debian (and also Ubuntu). > > At the very least, we can make an unoffical repository of debian > packages available for the next plplot release.
Hi Andrew: Thanks for getting the Debian packages (and octave and python interfaces) straightened out for PLplot. I think you should immediately go ahead and make the Debian packages available on our website (see README.Release_Manager_Cookbook for the process to update the website). Also, it would be great if an active PLplot developer was also the Debian developer of the package so I strongly encourage you to go ahead and apply to become the Debian developer for PLplot. However, my understanding is that such applications often take quite a while to process so as an interim measure you should probably try to get your Debian packages sponsored (http://www.us.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint#Sponsor). Either David Schleef or Rafael Laboissiere would be ideal for this. They are active Debian developers with some past experience on our core development team. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
