Bug#691972: smake ITP

2012-11-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 04:26:19PM -0700, Eric Shattow wrote: >On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Joerg Jaspert wrote: >> >> Basically, unless you have a very good reason to package this (any >> important other software you want to package that depends on this?), >> there is a strong recommendation

Bug#691972: smake ITP

2012-10-31 Thread Eric Shattow
I am okay if the author is not my friend. Any technical reason to not have smake in Debian reposoitory? On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Hi > > please note that this package already was in Debian, it got removed > with #462152. > > Please also keep in mind who the upstream

Bug#691972: smake ITP

2012-10-31 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Hi please note that this package already was in Debian, it got removed with #462152. Please also keep in mind who the upstream author is, and the very much unfriendly clima between him and Debian. There is a good reason why much more useful software than smake from him is not in Debian. Using goo