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Re: Puff 2.1: Ham package candidate



I have been advised to push the patches upstream.

But if I don't hear a response, I will put them in a quilt patchset...

http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/howto/quilt.html


On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 20:09 -0800, C.J. Adams-Collier KF7BMP wrote:
> Added it to the debian/ directory and modified Makefile to generate a
> puff.real
> 
> Could someone convert the attached to a dpatch series?
> 
> I will if I get the time to do so...
> 
> Where should I be committing this?  Should I log in to alioth and create
> a new git repo in the co-maintained area?
> 
> C.J.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 18:35 -0800, Kiavash F wrote:
> > Looks like I sent my email a little late and I see you maybe having an
> > amd64 distro.
> > 
> > b/c puff always looking for a file to load on its start, if you don't
> > setup a name, it will try to load setup.puf, I made this sript and put
> > it in /usr/bin. I have plenty of comments on it while I was writing
> > it.
> > 
> > 73,
> > 
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 6:29 PM, C.J. Adams-Collier KF7BMP
> > <cjac@colliertech.org> wrote:
> >         Okay.  compiled with a minor modification to the Makefile.  I
> >         have not
> >         yet built the debian/ directory.
> >         
> >         
> >         On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 18:02 -0800, C.J. Adams-Collier KF7BMP
> >         wrote:
> >         > depends on fpc.  written in pascal, eh?  That was my first
> >         ever
> >         > language.  I even did some libsvga stuff with it.
> >          Interacted with the
> >         > mouse using assembler and raising interrupts.  Good times.
> >          Good times.
> >         >
> >         > I am building now.  I will see if I can build a debian/
> >         directory.
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 14:08 -0800, Kiavash F wrote:
> >         > > Hi Dear Debian ham team,
> >         > >
> >         > > I have recently noticed that PUFF 2.1 CAD Microwave
> >         Software has been
> >         > > GPL'd as of 2010. I was introduced to this useful small
> >         program, back
> >         > > in undergrad. At that time, It was only available on DOS
> >         and microwave
> >         > > tools were sparse and "GUI based OS's" weren't that
> >         popular. For many
> >         > > years I used DOSBOX to continue using PUFF for my HAM
> >         designs and
> >         > > calculations.
> >         > >
> >         > > Now back in 2013, this tool is opened sourced and ported
> >         to Linux
> >         > > (http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~ptdeboer/ham/puff/). I
> >         followed the
> >         > > readme file and successfully built the executables under
> >         Ubuntu (I
> >         > > know it is not Debian!), thinking this tool is missing in
> >         the wider
> >         > > world of Linux users (there is no good open sourced
> >         industrial grade
> >         > > Microwave cad tool that I am aware of). Having said that,
> >         it would be
> >         > > great if PUFF can be added to Debian ham programs, but....
> >         My
> >         > > knowledge of programing and packing and ... is very very
> >         limited and I
> >         > > wish I could picked up the task by myself. That is where
> >         your help
> >         > > comes in. Would you mind to take a look at PUFF and think
> >         about
> >         > > packaging it for (at least) x86/64 Debian releases?
> >         > >
> >         > > Thanks in advance,
> >         > > Kiavash
> >         >
> >         
> > 
> 

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