advice/help needed for including new software in debian (science)
I have developed two scientific simulators of biological interest
[1,2], and want to include them in Debian. As a former Debian user
(currently using Ubuntu), and an avid FOSS supporter I want to make
sure they get the deserved treatment getting included in major
distributions, starting with Debian. I will focus for now in MMRRSim
[2].
I admit the packaging literature is almost beyond me, and it took a
while before I got the basics. I managed to get [2] working enough to
build with debuild, with no major lintian warnings, and published to a
PPA [3]. Code is managed using the bzr VCS, and from what I gather,
good practices indicate I should provide a "pure tarball" branch [4],
and a separate branch for packaging [5]. Being pure Perl applications,
the initial packaging was facilitated by dh-make-perl [6].
Since I now have a basic working setup, I need some experienced eyes
to scrutinize what may be missing in terms of policy, licensing (I am
thinling GPL, but am open for other suggestions), and pointers to
whatever else I need to get this child accepted into Debian school. I
greatly appreciate any advice given, and look forward to participating
in Debian!
1. https://launchpad.net/mmrrsim
2. https://launchpad.net/trepid
3. https://launchpad.net/~mmrrsim-developers/+archive/mmrrsim
4. https://code.launchpad.net/~philsf/mmrrsim/trunk
5. https://code.launchpad.net/~philsf/mmrrsim/mmrrsim-deb
6. http://packages.debian.org/dh-make-perl
best regards
FF
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