Larry,
Just like you, I'm not a debian developer, just an enthusiast. I guess
that's why I did not check for ITPs before packaging dict-revo. As well as I
did not notice first that your mail was CCed to the relevant bug. That's why
I redo my answer.
When you first mailed me, I did package it the lazzy way. I did use the
dictd files available upstream without noticing that they where ways
outdated. As I told you in private email, I repackaged it this week end to
regenerate those files directly from the xml source files. I stumbled in the
same problems than the one described in the bug report. Upstream used to use
java to do the xml->html (and the lynx to do html->txt).
But I was luckier than the previous trys, since using xsltproc did do the
trick for me. I was lucky here because when discussing with upstream, it
seems that the previous version of this program where not able to do the
transformation (upstream have a Suse distribution, and the xsltproc there
painfully segfaults when facing the provided xsl and xml files).
I would like to thank Christian Marillat here for its NMUs on libxslt. It
seems that without his work, mine would have been lots harder.
Thanks, Christian !
Ok, now, here is the current situation: revo-dict is packaged in a proper
way, and I'm now in contact with upstream to given them the ability to
generate the dictd files again.
In the same time, I'm currently in the process of becoming an official
debian developper myself. When I applyied, I did not plan to become the
maintainer of any package (I'm an active member of the debian french
traslation team, and I'm sick of asking for passwords on each debian CVS I
translate). But now, the situation is different. So, to answer your question,
Yes, I plan to officially maintain my package inside Debian as soon as it is
possible to me.
Thanks for pointing this RFP bug to me.
Bye, Mt.
> I've just discovered that you maintain an unofficial
> Debian package for dict-revo
> (http://www.ens-lyon.fr/~mquinson/deb.html#dict-revo).
>
> There is a demand for dict-revo in the Debian
> distribution, and to the best of my knowledge, no one
> else is working on it. I have not yet looked at your
> package, but since it looks like you have completed it
> successfully, I think it would be welcomed as an
> official package.
>
> Do you think you would be interested in maintaining it
> officially? If so, I can help you contact the
> appropriate people. (I am just an ordinary Debian
> enthusiast, myself.)
>
> Please let me know, either way. Thanks!
