Re: RFS: eclib -- library and tools for elliptic curves

2014-08-04 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Tobias, On Sun, Aug 03, 2014 at 11:30:13AM +0200, Tobias Hansen wrote: > > please set the targeted distribution in the changelog to unstable, then > I'll sponsor it. (It's always a good idea to do that before asking for a > sponsor.) Never say always. :-) I personally tend to give the contra

UNRELEASED when searching for a sponsor (Was: RFS: eclib -- library and tools for elliptic curves)

2014-08-04 Thread Tobias Hansen
Hi Andreas, teams that use the PET [1] use this flag to distinguish packages that are still worked on (UNRELEASED) and packages where the maintainer searches a sponsor (unstable/experimental). The PET uses this to determine whether to display the package as ready for upload or not [2]. In teams th

Re: UNRELEASED when searching for a sponsor (Was: RFS: eclib -- library and tools for elliptic curves)

2014-08-04 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Tobias, On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 02:34:37PM +0200, Tobias Hansen wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > teams that use the PET [1] use this flag to distinguish packages that > are still worked on (UNRELEASED) and packages where the maintainer > searches a sponsor (unstable/experimental). The PET uses this to

Re: UNRELEASED when searching for a sponsor (Was: RFS: eclib -- library and tools for elliptic curves)

2014-08-04 Thread Jose Luis Rivero
On 08/04/2014 05:14 PM, Andreas Tille wrote: >> >> The fact that the package was uploaded is then indicated in the vcs by >> the debian revision tag which is created by the sponsor. >> >> [1] http://pet.alioth.debian.org/ > > Unfortunately this list is desperately outdated (I know for sure that >

Re: UNRELEASED when searching for a sponsor (Was: RFS: eclib -- library and tools for elliptic curves)

2014-08-04 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 05:21:13PM +0200, Jose Luis Rivero wrote: > > I agree that this workflow has some advantages *IF* PET is used and I > > would really welcome if we could implement PET for Debian Science as > > well (any volunteer??) > > > > I'm volunteer. Great! > Andreas, what needs to

Re: UNRELEASED when searching for a sponsor (Was: RFS: eclib -- library and tools for elliptic curves)

2014-08-04 Thread Tobias Hansen
Am 04.08.2014 17:14, schrieb Andreas Tille: > > I agree that this workflow has some advantages *IF* PET is used and I > would really welcome if we could implement PET for Debian Science as > well (any volunteer??) > While it would be useful to have the PET regardless, there's a caveat about the

Re: UNRELEASED when searching for a sponsor (Was: RFS: eclib -- library and tools for elliptic curves)

2014-08-04 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Tobias, On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 09:11:11PM +0200, Tobias Hansen wrote: > Am 04.08.2014 17:14, schrieb Andreas Tille: > > > > I agree that this workflow has some advantages *IF* PET is used and I > > would really welcome if we could implement PET for Debian Science as > > well (any volunteer??)

Re: UNRELEASED when searching for a sponsor (Was: RFS: eclib -- library and tools for elliptic curves)

2014-08-04 Thread Tobias Hansen
Am 04.08.2014 23:04, schrieb Andreas Tille: > >> otherwise sponsors can not >> confidently upload packages based on whether the distribution is set in >> the changelog. > > In other words: You revert your initial advise to set the target > distribution to "unstable"? No, I was just explaining w